GWRC Award for Outstanding Contributions

The first GWRC Award for Outstanding Contributions has been presented to Dr Martha Sinclair on the occasion of the GWRC Board meeting in Sydney on 14 November 2007.
Dr Martha Sinclair is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine of Monash University in Australia. Monash University is partner of the CRC Water Quality and Treatment, one of the GWRC founding members.

GWRC Award winner Dr Martha Sinclair and GWRC chair Dr Mike Farrimond

From the start of the GWRC in 2002, Martha has very actively been involved the activities of the Coalition. Starting with the report on Copper in drinking water and Alzheimer's Disease till the recent review on the issue Avian Influenza: Is there a Risk to Water Supplies? Dr Sinclair has been the pivot or queen pin of the majority of our activities regarding the health risk of emerging substances. The scientific quality of the reviews and reports produced over time is undisputable, but moreover the content is crystal clear and easy assessable to non-experts in the field. With these activities Martha's works has significantly contributed to the recognition and credibility of the GWRC within the water community.