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Testing donors for emerging infectious diseases
Screening donor organs for infectious diseases and compatibility in just a few hours can be the difference between life and..
About the NSW Health Pathology Awards
Our annual NSW Health Pathology Awards program creates a dedicated space to celebrate the success, accomplishment and resilience of our workforce.
This program is an important formal platform to recognise our staff who go above and beyond in their service to NSW Health Pathology and the communities we serve. It reinforces our strong commitment to our RITE values and behaviours – respect, integrity, teamwork and excellence, and actively drives a sense of belonging and connection among our statewide team.
Keeping people safe and healthy
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The Flaviviruses Surveillance Program
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) was declared a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance on 04 March 2022 after the first..
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Enhancing Service Delivery for Bowral Community
The multi-function laboratory team at Bowral identified the need to adapt their services to better serve their community and meet..
Delivering truly connected care
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Improving services for families – Implementation of the Forensic Medicine Information System
Our Forensic Medicine (FM) service conducts around 6,000 coronial post-mortem examinations for the NSW Coroner each year to investigate unexplained..
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eCollect and Paperless Project
The integration of an advanced specimen collection and processing through the eCollect and paperless project has brought about a remarkable..
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Model of Care in Collections – Collecting with Care
Our 1,300 collection staff are often the first point of contact patients have with NSW Health Pathology. They are the..
Contributing to better health and justice systems
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Transfusion Group Training Program
The Transfusion Group Training Program offers an alternative and standardised way of training that is collaborative, cost effective and efficient...
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Implementation of the Genomic Annotation & Interpretation Application (GAIA) Platform in a Diagnostic Genomics Laboratory
The clinical interpretation of genomics data has become a key methodology in genomic diagnostics and the delivery of accurate and..
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Chemical Pathology Harmonisation Project
Chemical Pathology brings together science and medicine. It is responsible for more than 1000 orderable tests, 4075 unique reportable results..
People and culture
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QMS Document Standardisation Project
The Quality Team delivered a document standardisation project that brought cohesion and uniformity to workflows and processes. The project was..
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Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety
X-Team 5 in NSWHP’s Health Leadership Program brought together a diverse group of eight staff members in different positions, locations..
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Developing our Future Leaders
A large portion of retirements, internal secondments and vacant positions led to a gap in leadership skills, knowledge and expertise..
Recognising our pioneering spirit
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Finance Business Intelligence Platform
The Finance Business Intelligence Platform is a modern enterprise business intelligence and analytics solution. It enables our executives, lab managers,..
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Our New Digital Engagement Tool
The newly launched NSW Health Pathology website has transformed the way we engage with our staff, patients, customers and community..
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The Desktop Electron Microscope Initiative
Electron microscopy (EM) plays a major role in diagnosing disease, but its increasing cost contributes to limiting its availability to..
Environmental sustainability
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Save the Trees, Please
The Forensic Toxicology Laboratory set their sights toward improving environmental sustainability within their laboratory. Their first goal – working toward..
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Reduce the Waste (AKA ‘Cut the Crap’)
Liverpool Microbiology laboratory was receiving large numbers of test kits each week for the Roche LIAT assay. Deliveries were up..
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Driving Environmental Sustainability through Modernisation
Following an end-to-end review of all workflow processes at our Forensic & Analytical Science Service Drug Toxicology Unit, a laboratory-wide..
Research excellence
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Professor Tony Roscioli
The identification and diagnosis of novel single-gene disorders is fundamental to the care of patients with rare disease, and is..
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Dr Catherine Hitchcock
The end-to-end integrated robotic system for DNA analytics will have a tremendous impact on the practice of DNA analysis. It..
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Ana Domazetovska
The bacterium Legionella pneumophila is responsible for outbreaks of serious and life-threatening pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease. There is a need..
RITE staff member
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Robyn Seberry
Robyn Seberry is the current Supervising Scientist for our Forbes Laboratory. Her colleagues have said she has shown her caring..
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Dr Harsha Samarasekara
Harsha’s colleagues describe her as a caring, considerate, and compassionate staff member who goes above and beyond to create a..
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Tendayi Mpande
A positive and friendly person, Tendayi is a personality who supports her team at every turn. Continuously striving to get..
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René Michel
René started his career in pathology as a collector and within three years transitioned into the role of a courier..
Collaborative connected leader
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John Tran
John was nominated by his leaders and this part of the submission perfectly sums up how he embodies being a..
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Dr Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo
Lorraine is recognised by her peers as a leader who facilitates collaborative discussions and seeks opportunities for constant improvement in..
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Katie Rutkowski
Katie’s nominees cited her strong leadership in delivering NSW Health Pathology’s Information and Communication Technology Support Centre which they said..
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Juliana Iles-Mann
Juliana has been described as an inclusive and encouraging leader. Her nominees also noted that she is a mentor at..
Keeping people safe and healthy
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Supporting the community in Lismore floods team
In February this year, Lismore and the Northern Rivers region was hit by torrential rain that saw the Wilson River..
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Setting up Rapid Testing Clinics
They faced an impossible task: to set up six rapid testing clinics in Sydney and community testing in Far North..
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NSW Health Pathology COVID-19 Results Centre Team
They provide a human touch when it’s most needed and literally get results. A NSW Health Pathology first, our trained..
Delivering truly connected care
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Implementing Roche Liats for COVID-19 Solutions
It was clear early in the pandemic that we’d have to source rapid SARS-CoV-2 PCR diagnostic platforms. Hospitals needed fast..
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Health Interoperability Toolkit
As Stranger Things has shown us, a lot has changed since the 80s, including the way healthcare systems share information...
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Business Development Team
Meeting customer needs is vital to the success and growth of any business. For us, that means delivering patient results..
Contributing to better health and justice systems
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A new statewide tracking system
Design, develop and implement a new statewide electronic specimen tracking system that lets us know where every patient specimen is..
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Development and implementation of an advanced toxicology screening method to include kava-related compounds
On 11 October 2019, it was announced that Kava importation laws were to be relaxed in a trial that aimed..
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The state test catalogue: the solid foundation of a better pathology service for all of us
The most asked question in our line of work tends to be ‘Which lab can perform this test?’. Until recently,..
People and culture
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Scientific & Technical Statewide Education Series
Continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities are critical for our scientific and technical staff, helping them maintain and improve their knowledge,..
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Liverpool new build project
Change can be daunting, but it can also bring new opportunities, and provide the space for exploring new ideas and..
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‘A day in the life of’ video project
The HR Support Services’ ‘A day in the life of’ video project produced 11 videos that showcase the passion we..
Recognising our pioneering spirit
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Collectively supporting Bowral lab
NSW Health Pathology’s RITE values were on show in early 2022, when staff in Campbelltown, Bankstown and Liverpool showed their..
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Establishing reproductive genomics in NSW
The team at our Randwick Genomics laboratory at the Prince of Wales Hospital has broken new ground in Australian medicine..
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The inception of regional molecular pathology
Molecular techniques have traditionally been the remit of specialised departments within metropolitan tertiary referral laboratories. Consequently, test requests have been..
Environmental sustainability
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Champions of grassroots sustainability
The Sustainability Site Champions nominated for this award are a small subset of the Sustainability Champions Working Group, who dedicate..
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FASS facilities management
The Forensic and Analytical Science Service (FASS) Facilities Management team has been promoting environmental sustainability since its inception, implementing a..
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Sustainable gardening
Things are greener for the Sutherland Laboratory team, since Medical Laboratory Technician Belinda McLachlan donned her gardening gloves and used..
Research excellence
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Jacob Birdsall
During the height of the COVID-19 outbreak, our Point of Care Testing (PoCT) team worked with Clinical Operations to implement..
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Gregory Walker
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to considerable review of virus diagnosis, prevention and treatment of COVID-19, and of other respiratory..
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Lisa Bilton
3D printing is a rapidly advancing technology in the field of medicine, however, it has not traditionally been used in..
RITE staff member
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Gayle Warnock, POCT Zone Manager, Metropolitan
As a manager of the world’s largest Point of Care Testing network, you might think Gayle Warnock has enough to..
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Christopher Kot, PoCT Evaluations Coordinator
At the height of the pandemic, when vendors were knocking down our door, we needed 10 Chris Kots. Alas, there..
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Catherine Janto, Hospital Scientist
An ‘exceptional leader, colleague and mentor’, Catherine Janto is both loved and respected by all those who work with her...
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The late Dr Annabelle Mahar (Senior Staff Specialist, Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)
Dr Annabelle Mahar passed away at the peak of her career in 2022. She was one of Australia’s most talented..
Collaborative connected leader
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Dr Peter Newton, Clinical Director Microbiology (NSWHP Illawarra/Shoalhaven), Local Pathology Director (NSWHP Illawarra/Shoalhaven)
Our Illawarra/Shoalhaven Local Pathology Director is a problem solver, people person and team player. He’s hands on, picking up swabs..
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Dr Raymond Chan, Head of Microbiology, NSWHP Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Dr Raymond Chan is an innovator who leveraged the challenge of COVID-19 to create new ways of working. While many..
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Siobhan Cunliffe, HR Manager East and South
Our Human Resources Manager for NSW Health Pathology East and South supports 1,800 staff. It’s not the enormity of the..
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Timothy Eckersley
Tim Eckersley, Enterprise Architect with our DevOps team, is an innovative and collaborative leader who leads by example and is..