ASM Award Recipients

The ASM awards were established to recognise and encourage investigation and research in the field of respiratory science. We acknowledge the following ANZSRS members for their success.

ASM Year & Location	Best Oral Award	Best Poster Award	New Investigator # Award	The Robert Jensen* Award
2024 Gold Coast	Cassidy Du Berry The effect of moderate-late preterm birth on lung function at 9 years Click here for the summary	Kristin Southwell Reclassifying bronchodilator response: Impact of adopting the updated ATS/ERS standard Click here for the summary	Michael Beaven Physiological responses to exercise in survivors of preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis Click here for the summary	Ella Guy Model-based non-invasive assessment of respiratory muscle strength Click here for the summary
2023 Christchurch	Leigh Seccombe Mechanisms of impaired gas exchange following hospitalisation for severe COVID-19 Click here for the summary	Brooke Bailey Evaluating the new ATS/ERS interpretation of bronchodilator response in children Click here for the summary	Nicole Westrupp Detection of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome using N2MBW in paediatrics post-HSCT	Mahesh Dharmakumara Airway hyperresponsiveness detection in atopic asthma using exhaled nitric oxide Click here for the summary
2022 Virtual ASM	Tamara Blake Comparing intra-breath oscillometry and MBW in children with CF Click here for a letter summarising the findings	Brendan Kennedy Comparisons between Spirohome and laboratory equipment in children Click here for a letter summarising the findings	Jacqui Kleiner Long-term lung transplant outcomes using current smoker donor lungs	Kris Nilsen Type donor-recipient demographics and features alter respiratory system mechanics post-transplantation Click here for a letter summarising the findings
2021 Virtual ASM	Danny Brazzale Lung function abnormalities following recovery from COVID-19 infection	Brooke Bailey Improvements in Multiple Breath Washout following Dornase alfa introduction in pre-schoolers	Mandy Lardenoye A novel technique to calculate breathing reserve to assess ventilatory limitation in cardiopulmonary exercise testing	Kris Nilsen Transplant donor-recipient lung-volume matching alters novel measurements of respiratory mechanics
2019 Gold Coast	Paul Kelly Nasal high flow therapy and supplemental oxygen does not augment exercise performance in COPD	Leigh Seccombe End-tidal gas analysis is not appropriate for the calculation of dead space ventilation during incremental exercise	Ryan Welch M Relative prevalence of ventilatory limitation in male and female adolescent athletes at peak exercise	Kris Nilsen Ventilation measurements from hyperpolarised 3H3 magnetic resonance imaging are a marker of airway closure in subjects with airflow obstruction
2018 Adelaide	John Brannan Cough sensitivity to mannitol inhalation challenge identifies subjects with cough	Lisa Harrison Magnetic vs electrical phrenic nerve stimulation: Comparison of reliability, subject discomfort and nerve/muscle latency	Laura Ploen Winds of change: Bronchodilator responsiveness from more than one direction	Kevin Ellyett Ventilatory limitation during exercise in physically active adolescent females
2017 Canberra	Leigh Seccombe Firefighting self-contained breathing apparatus is not an independent risk factor for airway hyperresponsiveness	Danny Brazzale Resting lung function may predict the response to altitude simulation in motor neuron disease	Rachel Kingsford Acute altitude exposure in patients with treated versus untreated severe obstructive sleep apnoea	Paul Kelly Tracheal gas conditions during nasal oxygen supplementation: Heated humidification high flow nasal oxygen versus low flow nasal oxygen
2016 Perth	Leigh Seccombe Right Heart Function and Gas Exchange During Simulated Altitude in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension	Brooke Cantley The Arterial Blood Pressure Changes during Spirometry in a Normal and COPD Group	Katherine Macpherson Does Fraction of Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) Correlate with Airway Hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to Inhaled Mannitol: Implication for Treatment with Inhaled Corticosteroids	Claire Shackleton A Sensitive Lung Function Measure to Differentiate Between Healthy and Wheezy Children
2015 Gold Coast	Claire Shackleton Airway distensibility is not influenced by changes in growth in pre-school aged children	Brook Cantley Post lung transplant DLCO measures do not correlate with outcome	Emma Smith Time to best lung function post lung transplant	Mark Jurisevic Pulmonary function interlaboratory quality control: A twenty year retrospective
2014 Adelaide	Josh Stanton Lung function and exercise capacity in adult survivors of very low birth weight	Jun Yang The effect of haemoglobin adjustment equations for DLCO on the hematopoietic cell transplantation-specific co-morbidity index	Angela Lewis Utility of impulse oscillometry in detecting upper airway dysfunction during hypertonic saline challenge	Maureen Verheggen Collation of multi-centre plethysmographic lung volume data to derive reference equations for caucasian children
2013 Darwin	Bruce Thompson	Linda Ruedinger	Sherinda Murray	Leigh Seccombe
2012 Canberra	Mahesh Dharmakumara	Mark Davis	Katie Hulme	Karla Logie
2011 Perth	Maureen Swanney	Anna-Marie Gibson		Chris O'Dea
2010 Brisbane	Leigh Seccombe	Josh Stanton	Mahesh Dharmakumara	Vanessa Kelly
2009 Darwin	Peter Briffa	Karla Logie	Vanessa Kelly
2008 Melbourne	Graham Hall	Robyn Schoeffel	Catherine Walsh
2007 Auckland	Catherine Walsh	Lauren Wallace
2006 Canberra	Jeff Pretto	Elizabeth Salamon	Lauren Wallace
2005 Perth	Leigh Seccombe	Andrew Coates	Faizel Hartley
2004 Sydney	Phillip Munoz	Paul Kelly
2003 Adelaide	Graham Hall	Sue Downie	Christine Nathan
2002 Cairns	John Brannan	Rob Tagliaferri	Christine McLachlan
2001 Brisbane	Debbie Burton	Bilkana Skoric	John Camps
2000 Melbourne	Danny Brazzale	Lily Daviskas	Paul Finlay
1999 Canberra	Sandy Anderson & Bruce Thompson	Andrew Coates
1998 Adelaide	Jacki Furler
1997 Wellington
1996 Perth
1995 Hobart	Brenton Eckert
1994 Hamilton Is.	Corrie Ingram	David Johns
1993 Sydney	Trevor Borgas
1992 Canberra
1991 Lorne	Peter Rochford
1990 Adelaide	David Johns

# Known as the Young Investigator Award (YIA) prior to 2016.

* The Robert Jensen Award: The prize will be awarded to the presentation judged as best representing excellence in respiratory measurement, with both Oral and Poster presentations being eligible. This award has been kindly donated by Professor Robert Jensen, Hon. ANZSRS member in recognition of the quality of ANZSRS members’ work, and is aimed at providing the recipient an opportunity to present their work at other scientific forums.