The Kincaid-Smith Medal is our highest accolade to an Australian citizen or resident for outstanding clinical and scientific achievement in research into the treatment of diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract.
This prestigious award was established to honour the outstanding clinical and scientific achievements of Emeritus Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith AC, CBE and her years of service to our organisation.
In the early 1960s, Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith demonstrated overwhelming evidence of a link between headache powders and kidney damage and campaigned against their use. Her research also contributed to a link between the kidneys and high blood pressure.
Renal Society of Australasia
Kidney Health Australia sponsors an award at the RSA Annual Scientific Meeting. The award is for the best Green Nephrology Action Team presentation ($500).
Transplantation Society of Australian and New Zealand Awards (TSANZ)
Kidney Health Australia sponsors two awards for at the TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting. The awards are for the best Clinical presentation ($1000), and the best Laboratory presentation ($1000). All presenting members of TSANZ are eligible.
Award winners
2022 – Professor Alan Cass
Professor Alan Cass’s entire career has been focussed upon greater understanding of kidney disease and how treatments can best be used to benefit patients. His work over 25+ years has focussed upon improving the care of patients with kidney disease, especially in the most disadvantaged communities in Australia, enhancing research into kidney disease, building capacity to address kidney disease and driving policy change to support improvements for patients with kidney disease and their families.
His work has spread across research, government, advocacy, and the non-government sectors, with a particular focus upon improving the outcomes for Indigenous Australians who suffer disproportionately from kidney disease. His research has laid the foundations for the improvement in health services seen to date, most notably in facilitating dialysis closer to country and reducing the social upheaval from such treatment but has also built research capability that will continue to deliver into the future.
2018 – Professor Carmel Hawley
2015 – Professor John Agar OAM and Associate Professor Tim Mathew AM
2012 – Professor David Harris
2010 – Professor Judith A Whitworth AC
2005 – Professor Stephen Holdsworth
2002 – Professor Anthony d’Apice
2000 – The ANZDATA Registry
1996 – Professor Villis Marshall
1994 – Professor Robert Atkins
Clinical Presentation Awards
2022 – Nicole Isabel
2022 – Wayne Hawthorne
2019 – Phil Clayton
2018 – Wayne Hawthorne
2017 – Allison Tong
2016 – Wai Lim
2015 – Germaine Wong
2014 – Ashley Irish
2013 – Melanie Wyld
2012 – Suda Swaminathan
2011 – Philip Clayton
2010 – Helen Pilmore
2009 – Shaundeep Sen
2008 – Jenna Iwasenko
2007 – Martin Gallagher
2006 – Jeffery Fletcher
2005 – Winita Hardikar
2004 – Alan Glanville
2003 – David Nicol
2002 – Bill Mulley
2001 – Paul Trevillian
2000 – Derek Hart
1999 – Brian Nankivell
1998 – Geoff McCaughan
Laboratory Based Presentation Awards
2019 – Anjan Bongoni
2018 – Geoff Zhang
2017 – Sebastian Stead
2016 – Evelyn Salvaris
2015 – Jamie Brady
2014 – Wayne Hawthorne
2013 – Stacey Walters
2012 – Robyn Sutherland
2011 – Jeanette Villanueva
2010 – Kate Markey
2009 – Siddharth Rajakumar
2008 – Kate Markey
2007 – Stacey Walters
2006 – Peter Cowan
2005 – Geoff Zhang
2004 – Alfred Hing
2003 – James Collins
2002 – Jon Ryan
2001 – Bruce Hall
2000 – Shlomo Cohney
1999 – Chen Au Peh
Kidney Health Australia sponsors two awards at the ANZSN Annual Scientific Meeting. The awards are for the best Clinical Nephrology presentation ($5,000), and the best Green Nephrology Action Team presentation ($1000). All presenting ANZSN members are eligible.
All winners of the award are listed here:
Clinical Presentation Award
2023 – Matthew Jose and Laura Cuthbertson
Congratulations to Laura Cuthbertson & Matthew Jose for being awarded the Kidney Health Australia Clinical Science Award for outstanding contribution to research in clinical science ‘Impact of preconception chronic kidney disease on pregnancy outcomes & postpartum maternal kidney function’.
2022 – Anita Van Zwieten
2021 – Sradha Kotwal
2020 – Matthew Jose
2018 – Philip Clayton
2017 – Alan Cass
2016 – Andrea Viecelli
2015 – Germaine Wong
2014 – Meg Jardine
2013 – David Johnson
2012 – John Collins
2011 – Susan Blair
2010 – Kym Bannister
2009 – Alan Cass
2008 – Jonathan Craig
2007 – Hooi Sian Eng
2006 – Stephen McDonald
2005 – Nikky Isbel
2004 – Zhiquing Wang
2003 – Kevan Polkinghorne
2002 – Wendy Hoy
2001 – Gursharan Dogra
2000 – David Johnson
1999 – Ashley Irish
Green Nephrology Action Team Award
2023 – Sophy Fan
Congratulations to Sophy Fan on being awarded the Kidney Health Australia Environmental Research Award for her research into the mechanisms for transforming current practice into a more environmentally sustainable practice and care.
2022 – Dr Kelly Lambert
2021- Ben Talbot
2019 – Donna Macwan
2018 – Natasha Abeysekera
Further opportunities
If you’d like to engage in professional development that may open doors to prizes and awards in the future, we suggest signing up to our Primary Care Education program. Find out more here
Register your interest in a prize or award
If you’re interested in applying for one of the prizes or awards listed above, you can self-nominate. Alternatively, if you know a colleague who is deserving of an award, we welcome you to nominate them, too.
For more information, you can contact us on 1300 454 363 or email research@kidney.org.au.
