Image: Journal Guest Editor Associate Professor Dana Wong announcing the award at ASSBI Conference
The University Department of Rural Health South West (UDRH SW) is proud to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Professor Beth Armstrong and her research collaborators, whose paper has been awarded the 2024 Douglas and Tate Prize for the best research paper published in the international journal Brain Impairment.
The award-winning paper, Healing Right Way Randomised Clinical Controlled Trial enhancing services for Aboriginal people with brain injury: Translation principles and activities, highlights innovative work to improve services and outcomes for Aboriginal people living with brain injury.
The award was announced at the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Pacific Rim Conference, held in Brisbane from 3–5 July 2025.
Congratulations to Professor Armstrong and the entire research team, for achieving this well-deserved recognition.
This collaborative, culturally informed research continues to strengthen UDRH SW’s mission to support innovative solutions and partnerships that improve health outcomes for rural and Aboriginal communities.
Read the full paper here.
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