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John M Goldsmid Award

We would like to express our gratitude to all of the Award Committee Members for their evaluations of the many outstanding articles.

The Award Committee is composed of the following Members:
- John Frean (Chairman of the Award Committee).
- Vyacheslav Yurchenko (Award Committee Member).
- John McBride (Award Committee Member).

Additionally, we acknowledge the ACTM Research Committee, consisting of those below:
- Luis Furuya-Kanamori (Chair).
- Beatris Martin.
- Christopher Chew.
- Cora Mayer.
- Emma McBryde.
- Helen Mayfield.
- Ian Gassiep.
- Leon Richards.
- Natkunam Ketheesan.
- Richard Bradbury.
- Suzy Ossipow.

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (TropicalMed) John M Goldsmid Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 3 articles of exceptional quality that were published in TropicalMed the two years before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prizes:
– One review article award: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a free paper in TropicalMed before 31 December 2025;
– One research article award: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a free paper in TropicalMed before 31 December 2025;
– One outstanding article award: CHF 200;
– Each winner will also receive an electronic certificate.

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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease John M Goldsmid Award

Winners announced 30 June 2025

Eligibility for the Award

– All papers published in TropicalMed will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Past Winners

Winner
Award Committee
  • John Frean avatar imageJohn Frean
    John Frean
    Chairman
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service
  • John McBride avatar imageJohn McBride
    John McBride
    James Cook University
  • Vyacheslav Yurchenko avatar imageVyacheslav Yurchenko
    Vyacheslav Yurchenko
  • LFLuis Furuya-Kanamori
    Luis Furuya-Kanamori
    UQ Centre for Clinical Research