Lifetime Achievement Honour Awarded

Gavin Leslie Lifetime Achievement Honour Award

Lifetime Achievement Honour Awarded

Professor Gavin Leslie was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Honour Awards at the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards announced recently.

Gavin was honoured for the significant impact he has made to the nursing and midwifery professions on a local, national and international level.

Gavin has worked in critical care for almost 40 years. He was founding president of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses (now Australian College of Critical Care Nurses) and is also a life member.

He was editor-in-chief of Australian Critical Care (2000-2016) and  has been involved in research grants investigating adverse events after ICU discharge, fluid management and renal replacement therapies, pressure area prevention, wound management, rehabilitation of survivors of critical illness, enteral feeding and rapid response systems and care.

He has published over 140 peer reviewed articles and journal editorials, 5 book chapters, and over $3.8M in research grants and postdoctoral fellowships.

Gavin is also an active member of the RPH Nursing Research Foundation, where he Chairs the Grants Committee.

Congratulations Gavin for your many achievements in nursing.