SHPA offers a number of awards for members who make outstanding contributions to the profession of hospital pharmacy. These awards recognise excellence and reward dedication and innovation, and we thank the recipients for their contribution to our profession.
2020 SHPA Awards
Announced in October, the 2020 SHPA Awards were bestowed at the 2020 SHPA Virtual Congress, held on 21–22 November, 2020.
2020 SHPA Members' Awards
The 2020 SHPA Members' awards were announced at the 2020 SHPA Virtual Congress, held on 21–22 November, 2020..
2020 SHPA Resident of the Year Award
Launched in 2017, SHPA’s Foundation Residency is Australia’s first structured, formalised, supported and accredited national pharmacy residency program. It offers participants invaluable opportunities to develop their clinical knowledge and skillsets through exposure to a broad range of activities, such as research, education and committee involvement. The 2020 SHPA Resident of the Year competition celebrates these achievements.
MM2019 Contributor Awards
See the recipients of the MM2019 Contributor Awards.
Fred J Boyd Award
Established in 1978 in memory of SHPA's Founding President, the Fred J Boyd Award is the organisation's most prestigious award, recognising a member who has made a significant contribution to hospital pharmacy in Australia through oustanding achievement impacting public health and patient care.
2020 Fred J Boyd Award recipient – Professor Jeff Hughes
Professor Jeff Hughes received this award, recognising his commitment to excellence in teaching, learning and innovation, and extensive accomplishments as an outstanding pharmacy practitioner, educator and researcher.
- SHPA media release: ‘Professor Jeff Hughes receives 2020 Fred J Boyd Award' (21 October 2019)
2019 Steve Morris
2018 Associate Professor Ian Coombes
2017 Dr Danielle Stowasser
2016 Debra Rowett
2015 Sue Kirsa
2014 Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom AO
2013 Yvonne Allinson
2011 Bill Thomson
2009 Kingsley Coulthard
2007 Susan Alexander
2005 Margaret Duguid
2003 Mary Hemming
2001 John Low
1999 Ian Brand
1997 Frank May
1995 Pam Nieman
1993 Virginia Richardson
1991 Arthur N Jones
1989 Aino Mackie
1987 Stanley W Hayes
1985 Percival L Jeffs
1983 Neil Naismith
1981 W G Mercer
1979 Barry Miller
The Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award
SHPA members are at the forefront of clinical pharmacy practice; SHPA's Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award recognises the outstanding contributions members make in this area and the crucial role pharmacists play on the patient journey.
2020 Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award recipient – Dr Erica Tong
Dr Erica Tong received this award, recognising her professional leadership, broad research impact and Australia-first innovations, including the development and implementation of partnered pharmacist charting.
- SHPA media release: 'Dr Erica Tong receives 2020 Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award' (12 October 2020)
2019 Matthew Rawlins
2018 Dr Rohan Elliott
2017 Dr Karen Whitfield
2016 Debbie Rigby
2015 Christine Carrington
2013 Sasha Bennett
2012 Jason Roberts
2011 Greg Roberts
2010 Garth Birdsey
2009 Susan Welch
2008 George Taylor
2007 Neil Cottrell
2006 Kirstie Galbraith
2005 Simone Taylor
2004 Michael Dooley
2003 Ian Coombes
2002 Debra Rowett
2001 Jeffery Hughes
2000 Dave Cosh
1999 Kingsley Coulthard
1998 Chris Alderman
1997 Chris Doecke
SHPA Medal of Merit
The SHPA Medal of Merit (formerly known as the GlaxoSmithKline Medal of Merit) is awarded to an SHPA member in recognition of outstanding recent contributions and exemplary effort in hospital pharmacy practice. First awarded in 1962 as the Evans Medal of Merit to SHPA's founding president Fred J Boyd, it was awarded 46 times as the Evans Medal of Merit, Allen and Hanbury Medal of Merit, Glaxo Medal of Merit, Glaxo Wellcome Medal of Merit and finally the GlaxoSmithKline Medal of Merit, which was presented for the final time in 2013.
2020 SHPA Medal of Merit recipient – Vaughn Eaton FSHP
Mr Vaughn Eaton FSHP received this award, recognising his outstanding recent contributions and exemplary efforts in hospital pharmacy practice in South Australia and beyond.
- SHPA media release: 'Vaughn Eaton recognised with SHPA Medal of Merit' (7 October 2020)
2019 Tom Simpson
2018 Dr Lisa Pont
2017 Dr Michael Barras
2016 Kate Richardson
2015 Kirstie Galbraith
2014 Amber Polles (nee Roberts)
2013 David Kong
2012 Rohan Elliott
2011 Bhavini Patel
2010 Ian Coombes
2009 Naomi Burgess
2008 Jo-anne Brien
2007 Rosemary Burke
2006 Karen Kaye
2005 Helen Dowling
2004 Danielle Stowasser
2003 Michael Dooley
2002 Penny Thornton
2001 Graeme Vernon
2000 Karen Allen
1999 Jenny Johnstone
1998 Jeff Hughes
1997 Susan Tett
1996 David Cosh
1995 Kay Hynes
1994 Roberta Lauchlan
1993 Christopher Alderman
1992 John Low
1991 Ian Larmour
1990 Pam Nieman
1989 Michael J Ryan
1988 Richard Plumridge
1987 Frank May
1986 Mary Hemming
1984 Sr. Marie Therese Rosenberg
1983 Arthur Jones
1982 Byron Guthrie
1981 William Thomson
1980 Barrie Miller
1979 Frank Ryan
1978 John Dickson
1977 Michael Wyer
1976 Melvyn Davis
1975 Neil W. Naismith
1971 John Wrench
1970 Barrie Miller
1969 Edward Phelan
1967 Mavis Sweeney
1964 Stanley Hayes MBE
1964 P. Lance Jeffs
1963 Charles Macgibbon
1962 Fred J Boyd JP
SHPA Member's Awards
Launched in 2019 and complementing the prestigious annual SHPA Awards bestowed by the Board of Directors, and SHPA Branch Awards across states and territories, these national awards provide an exciting new platform through which peers are able to recognise the growth and leadership of a hospital pharmacist, a technician or pharmacy assistant, and a hospital team.
SHPA Early Career Pharmacist of the Year
This award celebrates an emerging leader who has undertaken work which addresses one or more of the five national competency framework domains and demonstrates their commitment to leading Australian pharmacy.
2020 Early Career Pharmacist of the Year recipient – Phil Tibbits
Phil Tibbits (Tas) received this award in recognition of his outstanding leadership, demonstrated in managing a clinical service leading up to, and during the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more →
2019 Dr Jacinta Johnson ('Emerging Leader of the Year' in inaugural year)
SHPA Technician of the Year
This award celebrates a technician or pharmacy assistant whose project, initiative or work demonstrates or promises measurable impact on quality use of medicines, patient care, and/or staff wellbeing.
2020 Technician of the Year recipient – Liza D'Ettorre
In a year where medicines supply and distribution has been paramount, Liza D'Ettorre (Tas) received this award in recognition of her crucial work in the procurement, storage, distribution and reporting of medicines. Read more →
2019 Gemma Kemsley
SHPA Hospital Team Innovation of the Year
This award celebrates a pharmacist-led team which has undertaken a multi-disciplinary project, initiative or work which demonstrates or promises measurable impact on quality use of medicines, patient care, and/or staff wellbeing.
2020 Hospital Team Innovation of the Year recipient – WACHS TeleChemotherapy Cancer Team
The WACHS TeleChemotherapy Cancer Team (WA), received this award in recognition of their success in overcoming significant – and often complex – barriers to delivering chemotherapy services to the Kimberley, Pilbara and Wheatbelt regions of WA in 2020. These included a lack of appropriately trained staff, medical governance issues, medication supply challenges, as well as a range of COVID-19 related challenges, such as border closures. Read more →
2019 TOPCare Cardiology Project, Ballarat Health Services
SHPA Resident of the Year Award
Mika Varitimos (Qld) received this award in recognition of her contribution to medication management in patients with Parkinson's disease as demonstrated in her presentation 'The time is now: ensuring timely and appropriate medications for patients with Parkinson's disease'.
2019 Jacinta Castello
