Awards, Honours & Scholarships

2025 Medal / Award Recipients

Recipient	Medal / Award
Prof David Hilmers	Peter Leggat Oration Medal
Prof Priscilla Rupali	Les Ashdown Oration Medal
Dr Dipti Patel	Robert Steffen Oration
Dr Frances Daily	ACTM Medal	Outstanding work for Travel Medicine Guidelines 2025.
Dr Jennifer Sisson	ACTM Medal	Outstanding work for Travel Medicine Guidelines 2025.

Recipient	Certificate
Meryl Delrieu	Best Oral Presentation – First Place
Holly Jian	Best Oral Presentation – Second Place
Harriet Lawford	Best Poster (Early Career Reseacher)
Beatris Mario Martin	Best Poster (Student)
Sebastian Vernal	THAG/SEED Recipient
Sakarn Charoensakulchai	THAG/SEED Recipient

Thank you to our Judges

The College seeks nominations from College members for:

ACTM Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine or Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, through research, development, and or teaching.
ACTM Medal for Outstanding Service to the College.
Major General John Pearn Surgeon General’s Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Tropical Medicine by a member of the uniformed services (requires endorsement by the Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force)
ACTM Award for Educational Excellence for outstanding educators/group of educators/organisation at the undergraduate, postgraduate and/or continuing professional development level
ACTM John M Goldsmid Award for the best paper published in the Annals of the ACTM
ACTM Presentation Award for the best original paper presented at an ACTM Scientific Meeting (preference to postgraduate students as a lead author)
Honorary Fellowship and Honorary Membership.
Membership and Fellowship Through Distinction

The College also appoints eminent persons to present the following Orations and Special Lectures

Ashdown Oration and Medal, in memory of the late Dr Les Ashdown, Foundation Vice President of the College, usually presented during College conferences or convocations.
Copeman Oration, in memory of the late A/Prof C. Bruce Copeman, AO, presented at College Convocation.
Anton Breinl Memorial Lecture, in memory of the Foundation Director of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville.

The College also supports a number of student awards at various institutions in Australia and abroad (awarded by subscribing institutions)

ACTM Medal for students to recognize excellence in scholarship and research.
Rick Speare Medal for students to recognize excellence in postgraduate coursework

Due dates: 31 March and 31 October.