Please note Awards made at the 2025 AGM will be added shortly.

Life Members

In recognition of their distinguished, meritorious and special service as a mature leader in health promotion in Australia and their significant contribution to the purpose and objectives of the Association, the award of Life Member has been bestowed upon the following people. This is the highest award bestowed by the Australian Health Promotion Association.

• Ray James PhD (2000)
• Trevor Shilton, MHP, GDHlthSciences, B.Ed (2000)
• Jan Ritchie PhD, MHPEd, DipPhty (2006)
• Lily O’Hara PhD, MPH, GDHlthProm, BSc (2006)
• Chris Rissel PhD Epidemiology, MPH, BSc (Hons) (2013)
• Peter Howat PhD, MSc, DPE, DipEd, DipTchg (2014)
• Jenni Judd DHSc, MPH, MEd, DipHPE (2020)
• Gemma Crawford PhD, MHlthProm, PGDip PublHlth, BA(Psych) (2020)
• Andrew Jones-Roberts PGDHlthProm; GDipLeisure Studies; RN (2021)
• Michele Herriot, GD HlthEd,  GCHlthEc, BA Hons (Geog) (2022) 
• James Smith (2023) PhD, Dip Bus Mgmt, GCPH, BEd, BAppSc Hons (Hum Movt)

 

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Fellows

The Association recognises the significant contribution to the purposes and objectives of the Association and to health promotion in Australia by conferring the award Fellow of the Association to the following individuals.

• John Lowe (1999)
• Marilyn Wise (2000)
• Lawrence St Leger (2002) 
• Fran Baum (2007) 
• James Smith (2013) 
• Suzanne Gleeson (2013) 
• Ben Smith (2014) 
• Jonine Jancey (2018) 
• Justine Leavy (2021) 
• David Duncan (2023) 
• Jenny Philip-Harbutt (2023) 

 

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AHPA Thinker in Residence

The Australian Health Promotion Association recognises and rewards excellence and innovative thinking and is committed to progressing contemporary, evidence, informed, equitable and ethical health promotion practice, research and policy.

The AHPA Thinker in Residence recognises and support outstanding thinkers in health promotion who are undertaking novel and transformative work that has the potential to profoundly impact and / or transform a broad area of practice or policy.

• Inaugural Recipient Hannah Badland (2018)
• Kalinda Griffiths (2020) 
• Katherine Trebeck (2023) 

 

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Glen Paley Memorial Award 

The Glen Paley Memorial Award has been established to recognise individual achievement within the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA®), contributing to its mission of “A healthy equitable Australia”.

The Award provides an opportunity to recognise the valuable contribution and commitment of our Board and Branch Committee members, to the operation of the Association and its membership.

• Melinda Edmunds (2016) 
• Janine Phillips (2018) 
• Michele Herriot (2018) 
• Tia Lockwood and Lucy Wickham (2020) 
• Stefania Velardo (2021)
• Alana Storey (2023) 

 

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National Health Promotion Learning and Teaching Award 

The National Health Promotion Learning and Teaching Award has been established to recognise individual achievement within AHPA contributing to its purpose of leadership, advocacy and workforce development for health promotion practice, research, evaluation and policy.

 The Award provides an opportunity to recognise the valuable contribution and commitment of learning and teaching academics to workforce development in Australia.

• Associate Prof Justine Leavy (2022)
• Inaugural winner Jane Taylor (2021) 

 

Dr Ray James Memorial Award 

The Australian Health Promotion Association also offers the annual Ray James Memorial Award which honours excellence and innovation in health promotion research published in the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. There have been many worthy recipients since its inception in 2010 with the most recent winner shown here.

Jennie Haarsager, Paula Legerton, Claire DeBats, Glenn Austin, & Paul Vardon (2023) with their paper titled Perceptions and implications for cervical screening and self-collection: A qualitative exploration of never and under-screened Queensland women.  Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Volume 34, Issue 4. 

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Professor Chris Rissel Reviewer Award

The Australian Health Promotion Association presents the annual Professor Chris Rissel Reviewer Award which honours recognise the contribution reviewers (peer review by invitation) make to the Health Promotion Journal of Australia.

• Caroline Adams, University of South Australia (2023) 
• Justine Leavy, Curtin University (2022) 
• Elizabeth Adamson, Northern Territory (2021) 
• Himanshu Gupta, Northern Territory (2020) 
• Sarah Clifford, AHPA Northern Territory Branch (2019)
• Robert Donovan, Western Australia (2018)

 

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Suzanne Gleeson Professional Development Scholarship Fund 

Suzanne Gleeson is a long-serving member of the Australian Health Promotion Association. For more than 15 years she contributed to its functioning at the state and national level and during this time she has been involved in every aspect of AHPA’s operations. Suzanne was made a Fellow of AHPA in 2014. To acknowledge and recognise Suzanne’s tenure, contribution and commitment to health promotion the Board resolved to establish the AHPA Suzanne Gleeson Professional Development Scholarship Fund.

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Bursaries and Branch Awards

Bursaries are offered to national conferences and events – you will be advised of these through your local AHPA branch and you can watch this webpage for the latest information. 

Branches also recognise members’ contribution and excellence in health promotion practice. See Branches for more information.