Congratulations to Flinders University Senior Lecturer Dr Megan Cooper, who was last week recognised as a winner in the 2024 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards. Dr Cooper, a midwife, academic and clinical researcher, was the recipient of the Excellence in Research and Innovation Award.

You can learn more about Dr Cooper’s research by looking at her award announcement video here.

The annual excellence awards publicly recognise and celebrate the significant contribution that nurses and midwives make to the community. A large contingent of Flinders University nursing and midwifery alumni were also amongst the finalists and winners, and we congratulate them on their achievements:

• Ashleigh Mabbott (BNg(GradEntry) ’22), winner – Excellence in Clinical Specialisation.
• Sally Neumann (MHlthAdmin ’14) and Sarah Boyd (GradCertHlth(Emergency Nursing) ’10), finalists as part of the Nursing and Midwifery Education Team (Limestone Coast Local Health Network) – Excellence in Education.
• Carolyn Gill (GradCertHlth(Child, Adolescent & Family Health Nursing) ’95), finalist – Excellence in Practice: Aboriginal Nurse/Midwife (Mary Buckskin Award).
• Langduo Chen (BNg(PostReg) ’06, GradCertClinRehab ’12, MNg(Cwk) ’14, PhD(Ng/Midwif) ’23), finalist – Excellence in Research and Innovation.
• Professor Marion Eckert (DipNg ’91), finalist – Excellence in Research and Innovation.
• Michael Fitzgerald (MNg(NPrac) ’18), winner – Excellence in Practice: Registered Nurse.
• Toni Slotnes-O’Brien  (GradCertHlth(Diabetes Management and Education) ’09, MNg(NPrac) ’14), finalist – Excellence in Practice: Registered Nurse.
• Elisa Gardener (BNgPrac ’95) and Jane Templer (BNg(PostReg) ’98), winners as part of the BIRCH Team Strathalbyn and District Aged Care (Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network) – Excellence in Practice: Aged Care.
• Michelle Lock (BNg(PreReg) ’01) , winner – Excellence in Leadership: Emerging Leader.
• Kerri Grant (GradCertHlth(Palliative Care) ’10 GradDipPallC ’14), finalist – Excellence in Leadership: Emerging Leader.
• Lisa MacDonald (BNg(GradEntry) ’04, GradCertPallCare ’12, MNg(NPrac) ’16), Karen Glaetzner (BNg(PostReg) ’93, GradCertHlth(Palliative Care) ’00, MNg(NPrac) ’23) and Gabrielle Bonita Raikiwasa (GradCertPallCare ’23), finalists as part of the Eldercare Palliative Care Team (Eldercare) – Excellence in Practice: Team.
• Deb Signorelli (BNg(GradEntry) ’02), finalist as part of the Memory Support Transition Team (Southern Adelaide Local Health Network) – Excellence in Practice: Team.