Cheryl Burman Award

Hepatitis NSW’s Cheryl Burman Award is an annual award, given to a person or group who have done outstanding work in NSW in the fight against viral hepatitis. This could be in the advancement of treatment, support, information provision, prevention or management for people living with viral hepatitis.

How do you nominate someone?

Read the Cheryl Burman Award Process & Guidelines. 

Simply complete the online Cheryl Burman Award Nomination Form. Alternatively, call Hepatitis NSW on 02 9332 1853 to nominate someone over the phone.

For further information email hnsw@hep.org.au.

The closing date for nominations for this award is 5pm Monday, 18 August 2025.

When will the award be presented?

This year’s award will be presented at our Audrey Lamb Community Forum, alongside our AGM on Thursday 27 November 2025.

Past winners

The Hepatitis NSW Cheryl Burman Award has been presented since 2013:

• 2013: Gary Gahan
• 2014: Vince Fragomeli
• 2015: Professor Carla Treloar
• 2016: Janice Pritchard-Jones
• 2017: Alice Lee
• 2018: Gail Snelgar
• 2019: Bev Tyson
• 2020: Professor Bob Batey
• 2021: Sinead Sheils
• 2022: Heesook Kim
• 2023: Alex Wade
• 2024: The Liver Outreach Team, Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Hospital

Learn more about our previous exceptional winners and their work by clicking here.

Who was Cheryl Burman?

The award pays tribute to Cheryl Burman, a key individual who provided exceptional leadership in the NSW viral hepatitis response.

Cheryl served on the Board of the Hepatitis C Council of NSW from 1993 to 2000, and as our President from 1995 to 1999. Cheryl made significant contributions to the governance and leadership of our organisation for almost seven years, and continued to remain friends with and a supporter of Hepatitis NSW.

Sadly, Cheryl died on 9 August 2011 after her very long struggle with hep C. We are pleased to name this Award in Cheryl’s memory and honour.