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2008 Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowship
CARRS-Q PhD Scholar Judy Fleiter was awarded this prestigious Fellowship. It provides financial support for her to understake research in China during 2008.

2007 MG Club of Queensland Road Safety Award
Brian Keller was presented with this award which is for outstanding achievement in the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Road Safety. Brian completed the Graduate the Graduate Certificate in Road Safety with a grade point average of 6.3.

2007 RACQ Prize in Road Safety
Bridie Scott-Parker was awarded the 2007 RACQ Prize in Road Safety The annual prize is presented to the most outstanding thesis in the area of road safety in either the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) course or the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology course. Bridie's thesis was entitled Understanding the influence of passengers on young drivers .

Peter Vulcan Award for Best Research Paper
Professor Narelle Haworth and PhD Scholar Peter Rowden were awarded the Peter Vulcan Awarded for the best research paper at the 2007 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference. Their paper was entitled Motorcycle protective clothing: Are stars better than standards? The paper was co-authored by Liz de Rome and Paul Varnsverry.

QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award
Deborah Tunnicliff has been nominated by the Faculty of Health Executive Dean for the QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award. Deborah nomination is for her Masters of Applied Science (Research) "Psychosocial factors contributing to motorcyclists' intended riding style".

2006 RACQ Prize in Road Safety
Clint Strahan, a First Class Honours graduate, was awarded the 2006 RACQ Prize in Road Safety. The annual prize is presented to the most outstanding thesis in the area of road safety in either the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) course or the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology course. Clint's thesis was entitled Factors associated with fatigue related driving in work vehicles.

2006 MG Club of Queensland Road Safety Award
Bevan Rowland, a Senior Research Assistant at CARRS-Q, was presented with this inaugural award for oustanding achievement in the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Road Safety. Bevan completed the Graduate Certificate in Road Safety with a grade point average of 6.3.
2005 RACQ Prize in Road Safety
Peter Rowden, a first class Honours graduate, was awarded the 2005 RACQ Prize in Road Safety. The annual prize is presented to the best Psychology Honours thesis or best Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology thesis in the area of road safety. Peter's thesis was entitled The relative impact of occupational stress, life stress and driving environment stress on driving outcomes.
2005 AM Fraser Equity Award
CARRS-Q Research Assistant Debbie Hoggard was awarded QUT's Faculty of Health AM Fraser Equity Award for her achievement as the first Indigenous person to complete the psychology course at QUT and the first Aboriginal person eligible for provisional registration as a psychologist.
2004 RACQ Prize in Road Safety
Judy Fleiter, a first class Honours graduate, was awarded the 2004 RACQ Prize in Road Safety. The annual prize is presented to the best Psychology Honours thesis or best Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology thesis in the area of road safety. Judy's thesis was entitled Factors contributing to speeding behaviour.

2004 Member in the General Division Award (AM)
Dr Graham Hughes was awarded a Member in the General Division in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for service to the community, particularly through promoting research in the areas of motor accident, road safety trauma and rehabilitation.

Queensland Police Service
In July 2004 the Queensland Police Service Indigenous Licensing Program presented Colin Edmonston, a CARRS-Q Senior Research Assistant with a certificate award to acknowledge his asssistance and support in developing and implementing a Drivers' Licensing Program in remote areas and Indigenous communities within Queensland and the Torres Strait.
Mary Sheehan Thesis Prize
The Mary Sheehan Thesis Prize was instituted in 2003 for the first time. Professor Mary Sheehan was the first Head of School and was instrumental in shaping the School of Psychology and Counselling during its early years. This prize may be awarded to the student who has submitted the Thesis that has received not only the highest commendation but is further characterised by great independence and originality of thought, sophistication of methodology, thoroughness of analysis and interpretation, and the degree to which the Thesis is judged to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the discipline. For the award of the prize, all of these requirements must be met. The prize consists of a $300 book voucher.
2003 RACQ Prize in Road Safety
Andrew Wills, a CARRS-Q Honours Bursary Scholar, was awarded the 2003 RACQ Prize in Road Safety in February. The annual prize is presented to the best Psychology Honours thesis or best Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology thesis in the area of road safety. Andrew's thesis was entitled Work-related driver ehaviour and intentions: the influence of fleet safety climates.

2003 Order of Australia Award (AO)
Professor Mary Sheehan was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for service to education and to public health through research work into the causes and prevention of road, work and social accidents in Australia, and through the development of community awareness programs raising the level of debate in the area.

The Pandora Archive
CARRS-Q web site was one of 3,000 selected by the State Library of Queensland for national preservation. The site was selected because it reflects Queensland issues and society.
2002 RACQ Prize in Road Safety
Ioni Lewis, a CARRS-Q Honours Bursary Scholar, was awarded the 2002 RACQ Prize in Road Safety in February. The annual prize is presented to the best Psychology Honours thesis or best Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology thesis in the area of road safety. Ioni's thesis was entitled The relationship between the third person effect and the acceptance of fear-based road safety messages.

Australian Psychological Society Award / University Medal
Jaimi Greenslade, one of CARRS-Q's Research Assistants, was presented with the Australian Psychological Society Annual Award in February, recognising her achievement of the highest grade point average in Honours Study at QUT. Her Honours thesis was entitled Testing the theory of planned behaviour and the functional approach to regular volunteerism: The role of social influence. Jaimi was also presented with QUT's prestigious University Medal in November 2002. The Medal is presented to the student with above high achievement in a Psychology Degree.

Award for Best Paper Presented by a New Researcher
PhD Scholar, Sharon Newnam, was awarded the NRMA - ACT Road Safety Trust Prize for the Best Paper Presented by a New Researcher at the Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference held in Adelaide in November 2002. Her paper, co-authored by Barry Watson and Dr Will Murray, was entitled A comparison of the factors influencing the safety of work-related drivers in work and personal vehicles.

Commonwealth Fellowship
PhD Scholar, Nicole French, was awarded a prestigious two year Commonwealth Fellowship from the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund administered through the Australian Centre of Policing Research (2002).

ADTA-Q 2001 Road Safety Award
CARRS-Q was recognised for its outstanding contribution to road safety in Queensland, taking out the Australian Driver Trainers Association, Queensland (ADTA-Q) Road Safety Award for 2001.  The award was presented to Centre Director Professor Mary Sheehan on 22 September 2001 at the association's annual conference held at the Mercure Hotel, Brisbane.
Public Health Medal
Professor Mary Sheehan was awarded the Public Health Medal presented by the Public Health Association of Australia on 24 September 2001.  The national award recognises her outstanding contribution to the advancement of public health in Australia.  
Award of Honorary Doctorate
Graham Hughes, the Chair of the Board of Management and the first Commissioner of the Motor Accident Insurance Commission was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Queensland University of Technology for his vision and contribution which led to the establishment of the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland.

Appointed to the Executive
Professor Mary Sheehan was appointed to the Executive of the International Council of Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (2000).

1999 Windscreens O'Brien Award
The 8th Windscreens O'Brien National Safety Awards which recognise the most outstanding achievement in automotive safety in the previous 12 months were announced in Melbourne on Monday 6 December.  Almost 70 nominations were received in 1999 with community nominations outweighing those from the automotive industry by around six to one. Mary Sheehan attended the awards and the Centre received a Highly Commended award in the Community Award category for the Under the Limit drink driving program; an initiative which commenced in 1993.
Award for Best Paper Submitted by a Post-graduate Student 
Mr Graham Fraine, who holds a PhD scholarship through one of the research projects funded in the first round of funding of the Road Accident Prevention and Road Safety Research Grant Scheme in 1997 was awarded a certificate for the best paper submitted by a post-graduate student at the 21st Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Resarch Conference hosted by the University of Queensland in December 1999.

CARSP Award
In August 2000 the Centre was advised that the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP) had selected CARRS-Q as the recipient of September's Traffic Safety Award for an international web site.  The award takes the form of a graphic file which was posted on the CARRS-Q home page, and our site was featured on the CARSP Slick Clicks' page for the month.  As a millennium project the Association's Board of Directors approved the designation of Traffic Safety Awards to be associated with the selections for a CARSP member's site, a Canadian site, and an international site. Selections are made by members of CARSP's web team so that, effectively, this is a peer-review award.

ACRS Fellowship Presentation to Professor Mary Sheehan
At the Closing Session of the 2000 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Professor Mary Sheehan was awarded the Australian College of Road Safety Fellowship by the Executive Officer, Mr Geoff Horne, in recognition of her commitment to road safety over many years, and particularly in relation to drink driving.  

Promising Program Award for the Plan a Safe Strategy (PASS) Program
In December 2000, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration section Maryland  advised that the PASS program had been identified by the Centre for Substance Abuse Preventionís (CSAP) National Registry of Effective Prevention Programs (NREPP) as a Promising Program resulting from the significant contributions being made in the substance abuse prevention field.  

Carseldine Lecturer of the Year Award (2000) winner
Jeremy Davey won this award for his Drugs and Alcohol Studies lecture series 

US Government
Deputy Director, Jeremy Davey, was appointed the Australian representative to the US Government's National Institute of Health Community Epidemiology Workgroup (1995).

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