MSHC Awards and Recognition

Burnet Prize for Infectious Diseases Research, Alfred Health Week Scientific Abstract Competition – Dr Janet Towns
ASRHA 2021 Innovation Award – Melbourne Collaborative Group (A/Prof Eric Chow, Prof Christopher Fairley, Prof Marcus Chen, Prof Catriona Bradshaw, A/Prof Lei Zhang, Prof Deborah Williamson and Prof Jane Hocking)
ASTDA Best Oral Presentation (Young Investigator), 2021 STI & HIV World Congress – Dr Erica Plummer
40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians Award – A/Prof Eric Chow
2021 Alfred Health Recognising Excellence Awards for Professional Staff Excellence: Individual Category Winner – A/Prof Eric Chow
2021 Australasian Sexual Health Conference SHSOV Best Poster Award – A/Prof Eric Chow
2021 The Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Research Achievement Award (Emerging Researcher) – A/Prof Eric Chow
2021 Alfred Health Recognising Excellence Awards for patient Focus: Team Category Winner – The Green Room – PLWHIV (Care and Management of clients living with HIV)

Discovery Award (Highly Commended), Griffith University – A/Prof Eric Chow
Alumni Award for Excellence, Faculty of Science: University of Technology Sydney (UTS) – A/Prof Eric Chow
BHIVA/BASHH Best Sexual Health Poster Research Presentation Award, British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) – A/Prof Eric Chow
Office of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to community health, particularly in the area of infectious and sexually transmitted diseases, as a clinician, researcher and administrator, and to medical education – Prof Christopher Fairley
Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMH) Fellows - Prof Christopher Fairley and Prof Stephen Kent
Recognising Excellence (Patient Centered Care) Award, Alfred Health – Peter Hayes
Fennessy Hogan medal for the best research project at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) – Launcelot McGrath. Launcelot is a medical student at RCSI and spent 6 weeks at MSHC in Feb 2018 doing a research project under Eric and Kit’s supervision.

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (Early Career) – Publications Prize for Non-Laboratory Based Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University – A/Prof Eric Chow
Distinguished Services to Sexual Health Award, Australasian Sexual Health Alliance (ASHA) – Prof Christopher Fairley
Eric Susman Prize, Royal Australasian College of Physicians – Prof Christopher Fairley
ASHA Mid-Career Interdisciplinary Achiever Award – A/Prof Eric Chow
Victorian Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year, Australian Institute of Policy & Science – A/Prof Eric Chow
First Prize (Presentation), STI and HIV Word Congress – Prof Catriona Bradshaw
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research (Early Career), Monash University – A/Prof Eric Chow
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (Early Career), Monash University – A/Prof Eric Chow
Early Career Researcher Fellows Publication Prize for Non-Laboratory Based Research, Monash University – A/Prof Eric Chow
AMREP Public Health Research Early-Career Researcher Best Paper Award, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct -–A/Prof Eric Chow

Victorian Fresh Scientist Award – A/Prof Eric Chow
AMREP Public Health Research Early-Career Researcher (Best Paper) – A/Prof Eric Chow
Nursing Team Award for Excellence in Patient Centered Care, The Alfred Hospital League – MSHC Nursing Staff
Young Clinical Leader Award, Australasian Sexual Health Alliance – Dr Jason Ong

HPV 2015 Travel Award, The International Papillomavirus Society – A/Prof Eric Chow
AEA Early Career Researcher Travel Award, Australian Epidemiological Association – A/Prof Eric Chow

Professor Eric Chow - Gottschalk Medal 2024