AdPha Resident of the Year 2026- Heat 1
Tue 04 Aug 2026

AdPha Resident of the Year 2026- Heat 1

Launched in 2017, AdPha Resident Training Program is a key part of Australia’s first structured, formalised, supported and accredited national pharmacy training programs for early career pharmacists. 

Now in its eighth year, the AdPha Resident of the Year (ROTY) Award highlights excellence in practice by a Resident candidate currently undertaking the AdPha Resident Training Program or a Resident who has recently completed the training program. The Award specifically focuses on improvement and professional development of a Resident candidate as they have progressed through the term of their AdPha Resident Training Program.  

Heats will take place from 12-1pm AEST over six days: Tuesday 4th, Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th, Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th of August 2026.

One of the finalist positions will be chosen by the people’s choice​ voting - make sure to be in attendance to submit your vote!

Members   

Non-members

Registration price   

FREE

$50 incl GST

Dionisia Andreone

St George Public Hospital

One Residency, Many Ripples: From Learning to Leadership in Medication Stewardship

Lilly Nguyen

Logan Hospital 

Review of Acute Behavioural Disturbance Management on the Mental Health wards of Logan Hospital

Georgia Bridge

Alfred Hospital

Lessons Beyond Medicines

Vishani Mooljee

Gold Coast University Hospital

Beyond the Prescription: How Recognising an Opportunity Improved Access to Evidence-Based Care

Heat 2 - Wednesday, 5th August

Jordan Scully

Sydney Children's Hospital

The Carbohydrate Contents of Medication App

Gulnar Mahmoud

Alfred Hospital

Beyond the Metropolitan Bubble

Heat 3, Thursday, 6th August 

Carmel Safranko

John Hunter Hospital

Intraventricular vancomycin for healthcare-associated ventriculitis

Kaitlyn Waldron

The Prince Charles Hospital

From detection to intervention: Improving Pharmacist Review of IV Heparin and Vancomycin in the Emergency Department

Yuzhou (Bill) Ma

Prince of Wales Hospital

Are decision support tools enough? Evaluating the accuracy of gentamicin dosing in the Emergency Department. A resident journey

Heat 4, Tuesday 11 August

Nadin Kbar

St George Public Hospital

TBC

Georgia Lucas

Alfred Hospital

Methamphetamine induced cardiomyopathy

Emily Fitzgerald

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Nicotine replacement therapy: boardroom to bedside

Millia Quynh Truc Tran

Prince of Wales Hospital

TBC

Heat 5, Wednesday 12 August

Michael Chan

Sydney Children's Hospital

Compounding Consistency: Paediatric Extemporaneous Formulary Harmonisation

Amanda Kassis

Royal North Shore Hospital

TBC

Courtney Branch

Royal Hobart Hospital

Avacopan and the ADVOCATE Trial: Lessons in Good Clinical Practice

Naemah Khan

Northern Health

Beyond the medication chart: Integrating pharmacists into medical ward rounds for better patient care

Heat 6, Thursday 13 August

Sophie de Salis

Royal North Shore Hospital

TBC

Mehar Parbhakar

Alfred Hospital

Lessons from the Top End

Georgia Burley

North West Regional Hospital

Red Dirt, Renal Medicine and Residency: Reflections on a Specialist Rotation in Central Australia

Andrei Cruz

Northern Health

Pharmacist-Led Discharge Medication Reconciliation: Improving Safety One Prescription at a Time

Dionisia Andreone

St George Public Hospital

One Residency, Many Ripples: From Learning to Leadership in Medication Stewardship

Lilly Nguyen

Logan Hospital 

Review of Acute Behavioural Disturbance Management on the Mental Health wards of Logan Hospital

Georgia Bridge

Alfred Hospital

Lessons Beyond Medicines

Vishani Mooljee

Gold Coast University Hospital

Beyond the Prescription: How Recognising an Opportunity Improved Access to Evidence-Based Care

All registration rates include GST

Cancellation policy

  • Membership rate is only applicable if you are a member at the time of the seminar. Should your membership lapse, or if you resign you will be invoiced for the difference in registration.
  • Cancellations must be made in writing.
  • Cancellations received before 6 weeks prior to the event will receive a full refund. Non-members will be charged a $50 handling fee.
  • Cancellations received between 6 weeks and 1 week prior to the event will receive a 50% refund of the registration fee.
  • Cancellations received less than a week prior to the event will NOT be refunded.
  • AdPha reserve the right to cancel a seminar or make changes to the program
  • If AdPha cancels or defers the event you will receive 100% of the registration fee but AdPha bears no responsibility for any costs incurred  (such as flights, accommodation, travel or expenses) or loss of income.
  • It is recommended that participants obtain adequate insurance cover for travel and accommodation.
  • Transfer of registration – as an alternative to cancellation your registration may be transferred to another member of your organisation or another event (if the chosen seminar is a higher cost you will be subject to further charges). A request MUST be made in writing to the Federal Secretariat prior to the event.
  • If you are unable to attend AdPha policy is that handouts can not be made available as ‘stand alone’ materials

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  • Some dietary requirements such as Kosher meals may incur an additional cost which is the responsilbility of the delegate. AdPha will notify you in advance.

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