UNE PhD student Alison Rahn has returned from two Perth conferences with awards, following successful presentations.

From the School of Behavioural Cognitive and Social Sciences (BCSS), she presented the following papers:

• Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA) – topic: Couples’ Privacy in Residential Aged Care
• Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) – topic: Baby Boomers’ Sexual Health in Residential Aged Care

At the ERA conference on 6 November), Ms Rahn won the prize for Best Full Paper, while another UNE student, Mike Franklin, also from BCSS, was runner-up.

In addition, she won a bursary to attend the conference. Her conference paper has been peer-reviewed and published in the conference proceedings.

The AAG is the premier Australian organisation in the field of ageing, and at the AAG conference (8-10 November), Ms Rahn presented in the newly created ‘Student & Early Career Showcase’, where the top-rated abstracts from students and early career researchers/practitioners are showcased.

She also received the Australian Association of Gerontology’s Arthur Everitt Award for the highest quality abstract from a student.

Congratulations Alison and Mike.