HOTspots team recognised with Digital Transformation award
Republished from AEHRC.CSIRO.au. View original article here.
The HOTspots team is part of the AEHRC — CSIRO’s digital health research program — which sits within the Health and Biosecurity (H&B) business unit.
Each year, exceptional staff are acknowledged by the H&B leadership team. The 2024 H&B awards saw multiple AEHRC people bringing home a prize.
Digital Transformation Award
The HOTspots team: Teresa Wozniak, Majella Murphy, David Conlan and Aminath Shausan for their innovative AMR platform. HOTspots digitalises disease surveillance, providing timely, region-specific data at the point-of- care, informing treatment guidelines. It empowers local clinicians and impacts national antimicrobial resistance policy making with insights from previously underserved regions.
Read on to be inspired by other AEHRC research teams.
Entrepreneurship Award
Janet Fox, Kaley Butten and Marlien Varnfield for the commercialisation of CSIRO’s M♡THer solution for managing gestational diabetes.
Science and Engineering Excellence Award
The Neurodevelopment and Plasticity (NDP) team: Dana Bradford (TL), Kerstin Pannek, Alex Pagnozzi, Parnesh Raniga, Julie Trinder, Javier Urriola, Jess Bugeja, Aida Brankovic for placing CSIRO at the forefront of imaging-based insights into the detection and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions, and the effectiveness of interventions designed to ameliorate adverse outcomes.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Impact Award
Ray Mahoney, Sophie Wright-Pedersen and Georgina Chelberg (Indigenous Health Team – AEHRC) for their strong, ongoing three-year relationship and partnership with Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation to co-deliver the Residential Thermal Comfort project for improved remote Indigenous housing conditions.
Support Excellence Award
Naomi Stekelenburg has developed a series of videos that totally change how we communicate our digital health research. These included short “hype” style videos, longer “interview” videos, staff background and partner videos.
People Excellence
Alana Delaforce, Moid Sandhu and Jessica Rahman were part of the H&B EMCR committee.