The following awards and prizes were awarded at the 2008 GP and PHC Research Conference.
AAAGP first time presenter prize
 The Australian Association for Academic General Practice sponsored a Prize for best paper delivered by a first-time presenter. The person judged as preparing and delivering the Best Paper Presentation received a certificate and a Book Voucher valued at $250.
WINNER: Heather Hanks (Rural Health Research Unit, James Cook University), Craig Veitch, Mark Harris - "Managing Colorectal Cancer: A comparison of roles of urban, rural and remote GPs"
AAAGP distinguished paper
The AAAGP committee selected two distinguished papers from the submitted abstracts. The selected papers presented during the AAAGP research session and the presenters will receive a certificate.
WINNER (1): Justin Beilby (Faculty of Health Science, University of Adelaide), Mark Nelson, Chris Holton, Alan Crocket, Richard Wood-Baker, Nancy Briggs, Sue Davoren - "Spirometry training for GPs and practice nurses: is it feasible and beneficial to asthma patients?"
WINNER (2): Parker Magin (Discipline of General Practice, University of Newcastle), Jon Adams, Gaynor Heading, Dimity Pond - "Skin patients and their doctors – an uneasy relationship: results of a qualitative study"
NICS Evidence into Action prize  The National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) awarded a $1000 prize for the paper or poster that best demonstrated improving health care by closing an identified gap between the available evidence and clinical practice, within Australian health care settings.
WINNER: Diane Arnold-Reed (University of Notre Dame Australia), Tom Brett, William Walker, Frances Cadden, Julie Young, Noelene Mora, Wendy Manae-Walley, Dana Hince, Michele Caneppele - "Progress in the Fremantle Primary Prevention Study - a pilot study of risk factor modification for cardiovascular disease"
PHC RIS best poster prize
 Each year PHC RIS sponsors a poster prize. We do this to promote the effective use of the visual medium, recognise the effort required to create a poster
and foster enthusiasm for using posters to help disseminate research.
WINNER: Sally Hall, Christine Phillips, Chris Pearce, Kathryn Dwan, Julie Porritt, Rachel Yates, Marjan Kljakovic (ANU Medical School, Academic Unit of General Practice and Community Health) - "Complexity and cohesion in primary health care services: how general practice nurses build organisational resilience"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Jeffrey Gage (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology)
"Fatherhood as Motivator for Smoking Behaviour Change"
Sue Kirby (Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW), Sarah Dennis, Mark Harris
"Patient characteristics which Contribute to Frequent Readmissions"
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