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Winners for: 2001| 2000

Winners for 2001

The 5th annual Victorian Public Health Awards were presented on Thursday 18 October 2001, at Rydges Riverwalk Melbourne.

The judging panel was from a broad field of health professionals and included: Professor Geoff Hogg, Director Melbourne Diagnostic Unit; Ms Yvonne Robinson, Director Programs, VicHealth; Dr Jenny Lewis, Centre for the Study of Sex, Health and Society; Professor Margaret Hamilton, Director, Turning Point; Professor Lawrence St Leger, Dean, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University.

Research Category

Excellence Award: Turing Point Alcohol and Drug Centre in collaboration with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health for the New Pharmacotherapies Project

Innovation Award: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University for the Living Safer Sexual Lives Project Team

Development Category

Excellence Award: Peninsula Community Health Service and Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for the East Mornington Project: Mobilising Community Voices into Cooperative Action

Innovation Award: Emergency Accommodation and Support Enterprise for Solving the Jigsaw - Changing the Culture of Violence

Delivery Category

Excellence Award: Jesuit Social Services for Connexions

Innovation Award: A joint Initiative of Outreach Victoria, Royal District Nursing Service's Homeless Persons Program and North Yarra Community Health for The Harmsworth Street Outreach Project

The nominations covered a broad range of public health practice and illustrate a high level of expertise and knowledge across the Victorian public health field. The commitment displayed in the nominations is integral to our ability to provide Victorians with the level of health comparable with the best in the world.

For a comprehensive list of this year's winners or to learn more about the Victorian Public Health Awards, please email spiro.iliopoulos@dhs.vic.gov.au

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Winners for 2000

For each category awards were given for excellence to recognise quality work and for innovation recognising promising 'new starts'. Projects that made a significant contribution to public health were commended.

The judging panel for the awards in 2001 were from a broad field of health professionals and included: Professor John Catford as Chair, Dr Graham Rouch, Dr Julia Shelley, Kathy Wilson, Karen Passey, Professor David Simmonds and Todd Harper.

Research Category

Excellence Award: Monash University's Dept of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, for The Water Quality Study Research Group project.

Innovation Award: Melbourne University's Centre for Adolescent Health, for The Gatehouse Project.

Development Category

Excellence Award: Hobsons Bay City Council's Environmental Health Services Unit, for its Cooling Tower Identification and Maintenance Compliance Project.

Innovation Award: Family Planning Victoria for Sex Happens - What are the Chances?

Delivery Category

Excellence Award: Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, for The SunSmart Schools Program.

Innovation Award: Youth Substance Abuse Service (YSAS), for its self-titled program Youth Substance Abuse Service.

The nominations covered a broad range of public health practice and illustrate a high level of expertise and knowledge across the Victorian public health field. The commitment displayed in the nominations is integral to our ability to provide Victorians with the level of health comparable with the best in the world.

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