Professor Mark Nelson wins prestigious medal

Late last year, Professor Mark Nelson won the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Peter Mudge Medal.

This medal is awarded every year to a person who has advanced the discipline of general practice and the goals of the College and whose research has most impact on daily general practice.

The project he was recognised for was ‘LDL-C and mortality outcomes against healthy older adults not taking lipidlowering agents.’

Mudge was a former Professor of General Practice at the University of Tasmania who Professor Nelson was friends with and he also took over the role of Professor of General Practice in 2005. Professor Nelson acknowledged the GPs who were involved in the research and Dr Zhen Zhou, a former Menzies PhD student and postdoctoral researcher.