WA Annual Scientific Meeting
Abstracts are now open for the ASMR WA Annual Scientific Meeting and we’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Venue: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Date: Monday, 11 August 2025
Time: 9am
Cost: ASMR Members: Students $30, ECRs and MCRs $60
Non-Members: Students: $80, ECRs and MCRs $120
There will be a number of prizes at this year’s Annual Scientific Meeting, but the ASMR WA Committee is especially pleased to announce the introduction of a special travel prize. The WA health and medical researcher who is judged to have made the best 8-minute oral presentation on 11 August 2025 will be eligible to receive the travel prize, which covers travel and accommodation costs associated with presenting their research at the 64th ASMR National Scientific Conference (NSC) in Brisbane on 6-7 November 2025. Further details about this prize can be found in the Instructions to Authors.
Important dates are:
Abstracts Close: 5pm on 4 July 2025
Registrations Close: 4 August 2025
Abstracts will be submitted during the registration process, please consult the Instructions for Authors before submitting your abstract.
There are cash prizes for students, RAs, PhDs and ECRs, see details in the Instructions for Authors.
Special prizes also available:
The ASMR Communication Excellence Award* – this new award consists of a $2,000 cash prize plus more (all orals by registrants from Hons up to three years post PhD are eligible)
The ASMR WA Travel Award* – a new award to enable the winner or runner up of the best oral to attend the 64th ASMR National Scientific Conference (NSC) in Brisbane on 6-7 November 2025, covers economy flights and hotel booked by ASMR (total value up to $2,500 in travel and accommodation to NSC only, all 8-minute orals by registrants from Hons up to three years post PhD are eligible))
The Instats Skills Development Award* – this new award is a 12 month membership of the Instats global education platform worth $1,500 (all orals by registrants from Hons up to three years post PhD are eligible!)
* winner of best oral will have choice of either the Communication Excellence Award or the WA Travel Award, with the second placed oral receiving either the Travel Award or the Instats Skills Development Award
We look forward to seeing you at the WA Annual Scientific Meeting on 11 August 2025!
Perth Gala Dinner on Friday, 17 October 2025
Health and medical researchers will once again come together for a convivial evening celebrating the achievements of WA’s health and medical researchers at the 2025 ASMR Medical Research Week® Gala Dinner.
Venue: The University Club of Western Australia
Date: Friday, 17 October 2025
Time: 6.00pm
Cost: $TBA per ticket
Table bookings (tables of 10) are also available for purchase.
The Gala Dinner is a formal dinner uniting esteemed researchers, students, industry professionals, politicians and our ASMR Medallist. Prize recipients at the WA annual scientific meeting will also be recognised at the Gala Dinner.
As well as celebrating the best and brightest researchers in our state, the dinner will feature the 2025 ASMR Medallist, Dr Daniel Timms. Dr Timms is an innovative biomedical engineer whose journey began in Brisbane, where he spent countless hours alongside his plumber father, tinkering with water pumps and constructing imaginative devices. A personal tragedy ignited Dr Timms’ unwavering commitment to revolutionise cardiovascular care.
A graduate of the Queensland University of Technology, Dr Timms’ research journey took him from Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital to prestigious institutions worldwide. Collaborating with Germany’s Helmholtz Institute – one of Europe’s foremost cardiovascular engineering research centres – and the Texas Heart Institute, he contributed to groundbreaking work in the TAH design and development. In 2023, he was nominated for Queensland’s “Australian of the Year” award.
Dr Timms continues to collaborate with global experts to develop cutting-edge cardiovascular medical devices, and his unwavering dedication underscores his pivotal role in advancing cardiac care and saving lives.
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