Research Awards
Celebrating Excellence in Research
Celebrating Excellence in Research
The ACFP’s Research Showcase is one of the most valued forums to present at in Alberta. Oral presentations and posters displayed at this event are peer-reviewed and selected for their quality, importance, and relevance to family medicine. The selection process is very competitive and often sees a variety of research abstracts across Alberta. In the 2025 submission process there were a total of 54 research abstracts submitted.
Enjoy all of the 2025 Research Showcase Award Winners here!
Congratulations to Our 2025 Reviewers’ Choice Research Award Recipients!
Award recipients are determined through a peer-review process evaluation based on the following criteria: relevance and importance to family medicine; relevance to primary care research and researchers; innovation/originality; clear, well-written description, well-defined objectives, and appropriate learning methods/style. There are over 25 peer reviewers that are fluent within the research community that assist with this process. All abstracts and reviews remain completely anoymous to ensure fairness.
The top 6 scoring abstracts from each category (poster display and oral presentation) are selected for adjudication an adjudication evening that happen prior to the Research Showcase. Winners are celebrated at the Awards Ceremony during ACFP’s flagship conference, the Family Medicine Summit (Summit).
Oral Presentation Category
- 1st Place: Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Self-Sampling
- F. Wierenga, H. Dievert, B. Chiang, H. Yang, O. Babenko, M. Umali, et al et al.
- 2nd Place: Exploring the Cost Savings in Alberta from ED Visits and Hospitalizations Associated with Primary Care Clinic and Family Physician Continuity among Patients with Chronic Disease – A Retrospective Analysis
- T. McDonald, B. Lethebe, L. Green
- 3rd Place: Community Assets Supporting Cancer Diagnosis: Using Cognitive Task Analysis to Identify Facilitators and Barriers to Cancer Diagnosis in Newcomers to Canada and Rural Patients
- H. Cheung, L. Green
1st Place Oral Presentation Award Recipients:
Ms. Faith Wierenga, Dr. Roni Kraut
1st Place Poster Display Award Recipient:
Dr. Martina Kelly, Dr. Lara Nixon
Poster Display Category
- 1st Place: Teaching Moments: Fostering Preceptor Identity Through Quilt-Making
- M. Kelly, L. Nixon
- 2nd Place: Co-designing Cancer Diagnosis Pathways for Newcomer and Rural Patients in Alberta
- J. Tate, L. Green, A. Torry, H. Cheung, D. Stewart
- 3rd Place: Own Your Bones: Multi-Disciplinary Shared Medical Model for Osteoporosis
- D. Garg, V. Bhella, J. Maclaren, J. Payne, C. Stapleton, A. Matsuno, J. Bowman, E. Billington