AAAPC Distinguished Paper for SAPC 2027

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Dr Gill Singleton is a Melbourne-based GP with more than 25 years’ experience in primary care, medical education, health service governance and innovation. She has worked across community general practice, refugee health, GP training and assessment, and has a longstanding interest in improving healthy life expectancy through stronger prevention in primary care.

Gill is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Wollongong focused on consumer-facing digital health interventions to support prevention of common chronic conditions in general practice. Her research explores how digital tools can help patients better understand their health risks, engage with evidence-based preventive actions, and support more proactive conversations with their GP and primary care team.

She is particularly interested in shifting healthcare upstream, improving equitable access to primary and secondary prevention, and designing practical models of care that fit within real-world general practice. Through her work with THRIVE and the ePREVENT-360 project, Gill is exploring how digital innovation can strengthen, rather than fragment, high-quality primary care.

Presentation title: Digital health interventions and chronic condition prevention in primary care: a meta-analysis of patient-facing approaches

SAPC Distinguished Paper Prize (SAPC)

Prof Hazel Everitt is GP and a Professor of Primary Care Research at the University of Southampton, UK, and is Deputy Academic Capacity Development Lead for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) School of Primary Care Research (SPCR). She has undertaken clinical GP work in the same GP practice for over 27 years.

Hazel’s research interests include supporting patients to self-manage their conditions, improving communication in healthcare consultations, developing digital support tools, and improving the translation of research evidence into clinical practice. She leads large clinical trials in primary care which have included: CBT for IBS (NIHR HTA ACTIB) and Amitriptyline for IBS (NIHR HTA ATLANTIS) and NIHR SPCR TIP (Enhancing empathic communication).

She is also co-Author of the Oxford Handbook of General Practice. A handbook providing a concise synthesis of the best evidence and information to help GPs and other primary care clinicians manage the broad range of conditions seen in primary care.

AAAPC Early Career Researcher Best Paper

Dr Michael Tran is a Senior Lecturer and practising GP in the Discipline of General Practice at UNSW's School of Clinical Medicine, where he co-convenes the undergraduate primary care program and co-leads the GP stream program. His research interests span GP registrar training, medical education, cancer care, beach safety, pathology, and the integration of digital and generative AI technologies in primary care and education. He is undertaking a PhD examining transitions and uncertainty in postgraduate GP training. Michael maintains an active clinical practice with broad interests. When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his children and being in the ocean.

Presentation title: Who provides psychosocial care after cancer? A scoping review of primary care roles, experiences, and system enablers

AAAPC Distinguished Paper for 2026 North American Primary Care Research Group Prize

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Adelaide University

Dr Jessie Edwards is a mid-career qualitative researcher in the Primary Care and Health Services Research Group, Adelaide University, South Australia, with expertise in stakeholder engagement and clinical trial implementation. Her PhD methodology incorporated critical and poststructuralist theory as well as cultural theory and textual analysis, and her qualitative research spans chronic condition management, health services research, and quality use of medicines. She has a developing record of leadership in consumer and community involvement, and has led the group’s consumer engagement program for 3 years. She is currently leading or collaborating in the South Australian implementation of multiple MRFF/NHMRC-funded initiatives in primary care settings including the rural practice-based research network PARTNER, Australia’s first national PBRN, as well as a feasibility trial in rural primary care and a multi-centre RCT.  

Presentation title: Feeling the strain: a mixed methods evaluation of practice incentive reforms in an Australian metropolitan primary health network

North American Primary Care Research Group Distinguished Paper Prize (NAPCRG)

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Professor Par-Daniel Sundvall

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Professor Pär-Daniel Sundvall, MD, PhD, is Professor of General Practice/Family Medicine and Head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He combines clinical practice in primary care with research focused on infections in primary care, diagnostic accuracy, antimicrobial stewardship, and evidence-based management of infectious diseases.

His research has particularly addressed common infections encountered in primary care, including respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, and otitis media, as well as antibiotic prescribing and diagnostic decision-making in family medicine. He has led and collaborated in several national and international research projects and clinical trials, with a focus on improving diagnostic quality and reducing unnecessary antibiotic use. More recently, his work has explored the potential role of artificial intelligence in supporting clinical diagnosis in primary care.

Professor Sundvall has supervised doctoral students, served on research funding and advisory committees, and contributed to the development of national clinical guidelines. His current research continues to focus on improving diagnostic performance and quality of care in primary care settings.

Presentation title: Diagnostic Accuracy of Otitis Media Among Primary Care Physicians and Medical Students: The Impact of AI Support