Meet the 2025 Winner: Kimberley Haines, BHS, PhD
Associate Professor Kimberley Haines, BHS, PhD is a NHMRC Emerging Lead Fellow in the Department of Critical Care, School of Medicine, at The University of Melbourne. Associate Professor Haines is also the Physiotherapy Research Lead and Senior Critical Care Physiotherapist at Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria. She is an emerging national and international leader in the field of critical care survivorship with methodological expertise in patient and family engagement, co-design, and qualitative research in vulnerable cohorts. She currently leads the icuRESOLVE research program that is focused on advancing the science of peer support and post-ICU care. Associate Professor Haines holds several leadership positions including Chair of the Emerging Researchers Group for the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group, Co-Chair of the ANZICS Patient and Family Engagement Working Group, and Co-Chair of the Critical and Acute Illness Recovery Organisation’s (CAIRO) Evaluation Committee. She has been an active member of the ATS Critical Care Assembly and has served in leadership roles such as the Critical Care Assembly’s Program Committee (2023-2025), and the Nominating Committee (2023).
Description
This award recognizes a junior faculty with their primary appointment outside of the United States or Canada with exemplary achievements in a scientific area of interest to the Assembly and who demonstrates clear promise for a future of sustained productivity. Nominees from low-middle income countries are encouraged, and nominators should describe the environment of the nominee. The awardee will be honored at the CC Assembly gathering at the ATS International Conference.
Criteria
Candidate should be:
- An active clinician or investigator in critical care medicine within ~10 years of completion of training (i.e., fellowship or terminal doctoral degree, whichever was completed/awarded latest). The bulk of the awardee’s research should have been performed outside the United States or Canada.
- A CCA member (primary or secondary).
- Contributions to the CC Assembly in the form of committee participation or leadership, promoting CCA diversity, and/or otherwise advancing the CCA’s mission will be viewed favorably.
The nomination package must include a nomination letter touching on all four scoring metrics (see below scoring rubric) from one or more members of ATS describing why the award is merited. Nominators should note in their letter any extenuating circumstances affecting the nominee. The curriculum vitae from the candidate must also be included with the nomination packet. Unawarded nominations from prior years do not carry over and should be resubmitted; previous awardees are not eligible for the same award.
Example Nomination Letters
Bronwen Connolly, PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), 2023 Awardee
Emma J Ridley, 2022 Awardee
Scoring Rubric
Applicants are scored on 4 criteria using a 1-5 rating system (with 1 being the best) across the below categories. In the event that none of the nominees in a given category receive an average score ≤3, the Planning Committee may choose to defer granting an award in that category that year. If the Planning Committee does not receive any eligible nominations in a given category (e.g., CCA member, active clinician/investigator for roughly the stated time frame), the Committee may choose to nominate an individual, who must be unanimously approved by all members in order to receive the award.
- Scientific Contributions/Products (which may include: research articles, data, reagents, software, and intellectual property)
- Teaching/Mentoring/Educational/Advocacy Contributions
- Participation in Assembly and ATS Activities (administrative, committees, workshops etc.)
- Overall impact/impression of dossier submitted for award application