MJA / MDA National Prize
2022
Yuejen Zhao, Shu Qin Li, Tom Wilson and C Paul Burgess
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 30-35. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.51553
2021
Suicide by young Australians, 2006–2015: a cross‐sectional analysis of national coronial data
Nicole TM Hill, Katrina Witt, Gowri Rajaram, Patrick D McGorry and Jo Robinson
Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 133-139
doi: 10.5694/mja2.50876
2020
Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID‐19 in Australia
Leon Caly, Julian Druce, Jason Roberts, Katherine Bond, Thomas Tran, Renata Kostecki, Yano Yoga, William Naughton, George Taiaroa, Torsten Seemann, Mark B Schultz, Benjamin P Howden, Tony M Korman, Sharon R Lewin, Deborah A Williamson and Mike G Catton
Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 459-462
doi: 10.5694/mja2.50569
2019
Routine cervical screening by primary HPV testing: early findings in the renewed National Cervical Screening Program
Dorothy A Machalek, Jennifer M Roberts, Suzanne M Garland, Julia Thurloe, Adele Richards, Ian Chambers, Terri Sivertsen and Annabelle Farnsworth
Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 113-119.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.50223
2018
Rheumatic heart disease in Timor-Leste school students: an echocardiography-based prevalence study
Kimberly Davis, Bo Remenyi, Anthony DK Draper, Januario Dos Santos, Noel Bayley, Elizabeth Paratz, Benjamin Reeves, Alan Appelbe, Andrew Cochrane, Timothy D Johnson, Laura M Korte, Ivonia M Do Rosario, Inez T Da Silva Almeida, Kathryn V Roberts, Jonathan R Carapetis and Joshua R Francis
Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 303-307.
doi: 10.5694/mja17.00666
2017
Reducing medication errors in hospital discharge summaries: a randomised controlled trial
Erica Y Tong, Cristina P Roman, Biswadev Mitra, Gary S Yip, Harry Gibbs, Harvey H Newnham, De Villiers Smit, Kirsten Galbraith and Michael J Dooley
Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 36-39.
doi: 10.5694/mja16.00628
2016
SEPSIS KILLS: early intervention saves lives
Anthony R Burrell, Mary-Louise McLaws, Mary Fullick, Rosemary B Sullivan and Doungkamol Sindhusake
Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 73.
doi: 10.5694/mja15.00657
2015
The crux of the matter: did the ABC's Catalyst program change statin use in Australia?
Andrea L Schaffer, Nicholas A Buckley, Timothy A Dobbins, Emily Banks and Sallie-Anne Pearson
Med J Aust 2015; 202 (11): 591-594.
doi: 10.5694/mja15.00103
2014
Association between tobacco plain packaging and Quitline calls: a population based, interrupted time-series analysis
Jane M Young, Ingrid Stacey, Timothy A Dobbins, Sally Dunlop, Anita L Dessaix, and David C Currow
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (1): 29-32.
doi: 10.5694/mja13.11070
2013
Acute coronary syndrome care across Australia and New Zealand: the SNAPSHOT ACS study
Derek P Chew, John French, Tom G Briffa, Christopher J Hammett, Christopher J Ellis, Isuru Ranasinghe, Bernadette J Aliprandi-Costa, Carolyn M Astley, Fiona M Turnbull, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Julie Redfern, Bridie Carr, Greg D Gamble, Karen J Lintern, Tegwen E J Howell, Hella Parker, Rosanna Tavella, Stephen G Bloomer, Karice K Hyun and David B Brieger
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (3): 185-191.
doi: 10.5694/mja12.11854
2012
An intensive smoking intervention for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a randomised controlled trial
Sandra J Eades, Rob W Sanson-Fisher, Mark Wenitong, Katie Panaretto, Catherine D’Este, Conor Gilligan and Jessica Stewart
Med J Aust 2012 197 (1): 42-46.
2011
Increasing incidence of malignant mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos during home maintenance and renovation
Nola Olsen, Peter J Franklin, Alison Reid, Nicholas H de Klerk, Timothy J Threlfall, Keith Shilkin, Bill Musk
Med J Aust 2011 195: 271–274.
The MJA/Pfizer Australia Research Award
2010
Single-dose azithromycin versus seven days amoxicillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children (AATAAC): a double blind, randomised controlled trial
Peter S Morris, Gaudencio Gadil, Gabrielle B McCallum, Cate A Wilson, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Paul Torzillo, Amanda J Leach
Med J Aust 2010 192: 24–29.
The MJA/Wyeth Award
2009
Effectiveness of point-of-care testing for therapeutic control of chronic conditions: results from the PoCT in General Practice Trial
Tanya K Bubner, Caroline O Laurence, Angela Gialamas, Lisa N Yelland, Philip Ryan, Kristyn J Willson, Philip Tideman, Paul Worley and Justin J Beilby.
Med J Aust 190: 624-626.
2008
Significant reductions in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and clinical isolates associated with a multisite, hand hygiene culture-change program and subsequent successful statewide roll-out
M Lindsay Grayson, Lisa J Jarvie, Rhea Martin, Paul D R Johnson, Meryanda E Jodoin, Celene McMullan, Roger H C Gregory, Kaye Bellis, Katie Cunnington, Fiona L Wilson, Diana Quin and Anne-Maree Kelly, on behalf of the Victorian Quality Council’s Hand Hygiene Study Group and Hand Hygiene Statewide Roll-out Group.
Med J Aust 188: 633-640.
2007
Probiotic treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a randomised controlled trial
Karen J Manley, Margaret B Fraenkel, Barrie C Mayall and David A Power.
Med J Aust 186: 454-457.
2006
A randomised controlled trial of hot water (45ºC) immersion versus ice packs for pain relief in bluebottle stings
Conrad Loten, Barrie Stokes, David Worsley, Jamie Seymour, Simon Jiang and Geoffrey Isbister.
Med J Aust 184: 329-333.
2005
Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection
Paul D R Johnson, Rhea Martin, Laurelle J Burrell, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Susan W Kirsa, Jason O’Keeffe, Barrie C Mayall, Deidre Edmonds, Wendy Barr, Christopher Bolger, Humsha Naidoo and M Lindsay Grayson.
Med J Aust 183: 509-514.
2004
Preventing pressure ulcers with the Australian Medical Sheepskin: an open-label randomised controlled trial
Damien J Jolley, Robyn Wright, Sunita McGowan, Mark B Hickey, Don A Campbell, Rodney D Sinclair, Kenneth C Montgomery.
Med J Aust 180: 324-327.
2003
Effectiveness of ototopical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children: a community-based, multicentre, double-blind randomised controlled trial
Sophie Couzos, Traven Lea, Reinhold Mueller, Richard Murray, Margaret Culbong. Med J Aust 179: 185-190.
2002
Sharing the true stories: improving communication between Aboriginal patients and healthcare workers
Alan Cass, Anne Lowell, Michael Christie, Paul L Snelling, Melinda Flack, Betty Marrnganyin, Isaac Brown.
Med J Aust 176: 466-470.
2001
The effects of quality improvement interventions on inhospital mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Ian A Scott, Michael D Coory, Catherine M Harper.
Med J Aust 175: 465-470.
2000
Reducing premature death and renal failure in Australian Aboriginals: a community-based cardiovascular and renal protective program
Wendy E Hoy, Philip R Baker, Angela M Kelly, Zhiqiang Wang.
Med J Aust 172: 473-478.
1999
Impact of improved diagnosis and treatment on prevalence of gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection in remote Aboriginal communities on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands
Penny J Miller, Paul J Torzillo, Wayne Hateley.
Med J Aust 170: 429-432.
1998
Outdoor air pollution and children's respiratory symptoms in steel cities of New South Wales
Peter R Lewis, Michael J Hensley, John Wlodarczyk, Ruth C Toneguzzi, Victoria Westley-Wise, Trevor Dunn, Dennis Calvert.
Med J Aust 169: 459-463.
1997
A high incidence of melanoma found in patients with multiple dysplastic naevi by photographic surveillance
John W Kelly, Josephine M Yeatman, Cheryl Regalia, Grahame Mason, Amanda P Henham.
Med J Aust 167: 191-194.
1996
An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in the Torres Strait, Australia, 1995
Jeffrey Hanna, Scott A Ritchie, Debra A Phillips, Jack Shield, M Clare Bailey, John S Mackenzie, Michael Poidinger, Bradley J McCall, Phillip J Mills.
Med J Aust 165: 256-260.
1995
Gastric emptying in acute overdose: a prospective randomised controlled trial
Susan M Pond, David J Lewis-Driver, Gail M Williams, Adèle C Green, Noel W Stevenson.
Med J Aust 163: 345-349.
In 2007, the MJA interviewed key researchers from 12 award-winning studies, inviting them to tell us the behind-the-scenes stories of their research and the impact their work has had since publication. They gave 12 very different but often strikingly similar stories — stories of curiosity, innovation, purpose, determination and teamwork, as well as some significant concerns about the future of medical research in Australia:
Sharing the secrets of success: conversations with the Medical Journal of Australia / Wyeth Research Award winners, 1995–2006
Ann T Gregory, Ruth M Armstrong, Tanya D Grassi and Martin B Van Der Weyden
Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 637-644.