The Cheryl Burman Award is an annual recognition by Hepatitis NSW that acknowledges outstanding commitments, by individuals or organisations, towards improving the life of people living with viral hepatitis.
The award itself is named after Cheryl Burman (left), who was a former Board member and President of the Hepatitis C Council of NSW (now Hepatitis NSW). Sadly she died in 2011 after a long and arduous struggle with hepatitis C related liver disease.
Here are all winners since the Award’s inception in 2013.
- 2013 – Gary Gahan
- 2014 – Vince Fragomeli, with Specialised Nursing Unit
- 2015 – Professor Carla Treloar
- 2016 – Janice Pritchard-Jones
- 2017 – Dr Alice Lee
- 2018 – Gail Snelgar
- 2019 – Bev Tyson
- 2020 – Professor Bob Batey
- 2021 – Sinead Sheils
- 2022 – Hee-Sook Kim
- 2023 – Alexandra (Alex) Wade
- 2024 – Liver Outreach Team, Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Hospital
- 2025 – Colette McGrath
Find out more about The Cheryl Burman Award: https://www.hep.org.au/get-involved/cheryl-burman-award/
See a list of past Award Winners: https://www.hep.org.au/blog/cheryl-burman-award-winners-since-2013/