Year Winner Institution Title Journal Full author list
2023 Hannelie Meyer Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Vaccine hesitancy drives low human papillomavirus vaccination coverage in girls attending public schools in South Africa
2022 Sandy van Vuuren Wits University Laboratory-based study of novel antimicrobial cold spray coatings to combat surface microbial contamination Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology MDI Lucas, I Botef, RG Reid and SF van Vuuren
2020 and 2021 No conference held due to Covid-19 pandemic
2019 Sandy van Vuuren Wits University Opportunities to optimise colistin stewardship in hospitalised patients in South Africa: results of a multisite utilisation audit
2018 Chipiwa Marimwe Rhodes University Development of an item bank of health literacy questions appropriate for limited literacy public sector patients in South Africa Journal of Communication in Healthcare Ros Dowse
2017 Johanita Burger Northwest University Cost-Effectiveness Modelling of Sofosbuvir-Containing Regimens for Chronic Genotype 5 Hepatitis C Virus Infection in South Africa PharmacoEconomics I Fraser, M Lubbe, G Dranitsaris, M Sonderup, T Stander
2016 Ros Dowse Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University Understanding the medicines information-seeking behaviour and information needs of South African long-term patients with limited literacy skills Health Expectations S Patel
2015 Dr Kim Ward University of the Western Cape Assessing equity in the geographical distribution of community pharmacies in South Africa in preparation for a national health insurance scheme Bull World Health Organ David Sanders, Henry Leng and Allyson Pollock
2014 Dr Sue Burton Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Self-Perceived Professional Identity of Pharmacy Educators in South Africa American Journal of Pharmacy Education
2013 Prof Shirley-Anne Boschmans Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Implementation of intravenous to oral antibiotic switch therapy guidelines in the general medical wards of a tertiary-level hospital in South Africa Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2012; 67: 756–762 Anida van Niekerk and Daniel Venter
2012 Ilse Truter Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University The development of a value based pricing index for new drugs in metastatic colorectal cancer European Journal of Cancer 47 (2011) 1299-1304
2011 Dr Panjasaram (Vassie) Naidoo University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville campus) Evaluation of the clinical management of HIV-infected patients by private sector doctors in the eThekwini Metro, KwaZulu-Natal South African Family Practice 52 (5) TM Esterhuizen, CC Jinabhai and M Taylor
2010 Martie Lubbe Northwest University Antidepressants in South African children and adolescents Health SA Gesondheid
2009 Ilse Truter Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University The Woman’s Health Initiative Study: Individualisation of hormone replacement therapy in a defined South African population International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Hany T, Bellingan M, Truter I, Venter D
2008 Martie Lubbe Northwest University Influence of a new reference-based pricing system in South Africa on the prevalence and cost of anti diabetic medicine: a pilot study International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Rianda Stey, Johanita Burger and Jan Serfontein
2007 Ilse Truter Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Prescribing of tricyclic antidepressant drugs in a South African primary care patient population International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Theunis Kotzé
2006 Ros Dowse Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University Medicine labels incorporating pictograms: do they influence understanding and adherence Patient Education and Counselling 2005: 58: 63-70 Ros Dowse and Martina Ehlers
2005 No award
2004 Ros Dowse Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University The influence of education on the interpretation of pharmaceutical pictograms for communicating medicine instructions International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Ros Dowse and Martina Ehlers
2003 SY Essack School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology , University of Durban Westville Extended-spectrum beta lactamases: epidemiology, identification, treatment optins and strategies to prevent emergence and dissemination The Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and infection (2002).17(1,2):6­11 SY Essack
2002 Ros Dowse Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University The evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms in a low-literate South Africa population Patient Education and Counselling (2001).45:87-99 Ros Dowse and Martina Ehlers
2001 Ilse Truter Department of Pharmacy, University of Port Elizabeth Oral anitdiabetic drug prescribing patterns in South Africa: a prescription database analysis Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy (2000)17(2):81­87 Ilse Truter, DJL Venter and JHP Serfontein
2000 Jennifer Smith School of Pharmacy, University of Durban Westville Assessing pharmaceutical services at primary care clinics in KwaZulu-Natal: an indicator based approach The International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (1999) 7:143-148 Aarti Kishuna and Jennifer Smith
1999 P Valodia School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape
1998 Ilse Truter Department of Pharmacy, University of Port Elizabeth
1997 Ilse Truter Department of Pharmacy, University of Port Elizabeth
1996 No award
1995 No award
1994 No award