Awards received
Congratulations to:
Student Awards
2012
Myles Minter (PhD Student) awarded Best Oral Presentation by a PhD Student at the ANS Conference at Gold Coast, February 2012.
2011
Bevan Main (Honours Student) awarded the Robert Whelan Poster prize at the Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Perth, 4-9 Dec 2011
Christine Keenan (PhD Student) awarded Percy Prize (Best PhD poster) at the Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Perth 4-9 Dec 2011
Myles Minter (PhD Student) received special commendation for Percy Prize (Best PhD poster) and Drug discovery special interest group (SIG) poster prize at Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Perth 4-9 Dec 2011
Ila Karve (PhD Student) received special commendation for Garth McQueen Prize (Best Student oral) at the Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Perth 4-9 Dec 2011
Shane Liddelow (PhD Student) - Awarded 2012 American Australian Association Neurology Fellowship. Dr Liddelow will undertake post-doctoral training at the Stanford Medical School focusing on the role of astrocytes, the nourishing and supporting cells of the brain, in early development and in a range of neurological diseases. For more details about the fellowship go to the following link: http://www.americanaustralian.org/atous11/ | http://www.americanaustralian.org/australian_to_usa_apps/ & http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/n-594
Chantal Donovan (Honours Student) - Best Poster Prize at the ASMR Conference. For more details about ASMR Medical Research Week go to the following link: http://www.asmr.org.au/MRWVic.html
Sang-Kyu Kim (Honours Student) – awarded Pharmacology's Science Honours Dux for 2011 and Prince Henry’s Award for commendable oral presentation at ASMR Student Symposium. For more details about ASMR Medical Research Week go to the following link: http://www.asmr.org.au/MRWVic.html
2010
Natassya Mohd Noor (MSc RT Student) – Dean’s Honours List – Graduate for Master of Science (Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Marcus Lefebure (Honours Student) – Dean’s Honours List – Honours for the Bachelor of Science Honours in Pharmacology and Pharmacology's Science Honours Dux for 2010
Catherine Downes (PhD Student) awarded the ASCEPT Garth McQueen Oral Prize (and special mention for the Neville Percy Prize for best poster by a PhD student) at the Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Melbourne on 28 Nov - 1 Dec, 2010
Saad Salem (PhD Student) awarded the ASCEPT Neville Percy Prize for best poster by a PhD student at the Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Melbourne on 28 Nov - 1 Dec 2010
Thippadey Khau (PhD Student) awarded ASCEPT Drug Discovery Poster Prize at the Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Melbourne on 28 Nov - 1 Dec 2010
James Esposito (Honours Student) awarded the Best of the Best Student Poster Award of the 5th Australian Health and Medical Research Congress 2010, for his poster entitled “Rosiglitazone inhibits airway contraction and calcium signalling in mouse lung slices”. The travel award sponsored by the CASS Foundation is valued at $5000 and will enable James to present his work at the American Thoracic Society Meeting in Denver in May 2011
Connie Yu Xiu Yu (PhD Student) awarded the "Lillian Roxon Travel Grant" to attend the American Thoracic Society International Meeting in Denver in May 2011
Francis Shand (PhD Student) won the People’s Choice Award and for being the runner-up in the inaugural MDHS 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Alicia Dennis (PhD Student) won the Zuspan Award for Best Clinical Research at the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP) Meeting October 2010, and also the Young Investigator Travel Award at the same meeting
Academic Staff Awards
2010
Professor James Angus AO, awarded the ASCEPT Achievement Award at the Annual ASCEPT meeting held in Melbourne on 28 Nov - 1 Dec 2010
Dr Ross Vlahos was awarded Best Oral Presentation on “Tobacco & Related Substances” at the TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane 20-24 March 2010. The title of his presentation was “Non T Cell-Derived IL-17A Regulates cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation”
Congratulations to Professor James Angus (Professor of Pharmacology and Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences) who was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), one of only 21 in this year’s (2010) Queen’s Birthday honours. For more details click here
Ross Vlahos was awarded Best Oral Presentation on “Tobacco & Related Substances” at the TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane 20-24 March, 2010. The title of his presentation was “Non T Cell-Derived IL-17A Regulates cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation”
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