HUW JARVIS Fulbright Future Scholarship Funded by The Kinghorn Foundation
LIAM TAY KEARNEY Fulbright Anne Wexler Scholarship in Public Policy Funded by the Department of Education
NARELLE KEATING Fulbright Future Scholarship Funded by The Kinghorn Foundation
Home: Monash University Host: Yale University
Home: The University of Western Australia Host: TBC
Field: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: International Economics
Home: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) Host: Casanova laboratory, Rockefeller University
Huw is a PhD student at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University. He is passionate about translating research findings into improvements in health care practice and policy, and ultimately into better outcomes for people with psychiatric and neurological disease. Prior to his PhD, he completed studies in medical science (University of Tasmania) and public health (University of Melbourne), and worked in research translation at the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia’s leading expert body in health and medical research. He also completed policy internships at the Grattan Institute (Melbourne) and the World Health Organization (Geneva).
Liam graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2019 with a Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) in Economics and Finance, and a Diploma in Mandarin Chinese. He was previously the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan Fellow to China (2017), having studied and worked there for nearly three years, and maintains active involvement in Sino-Australia relations as Partnerships Manager for the Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD).
Huw’s Fulbright Future Scholarship at Yale University will enable him to develop mathematical models of mood and motivation in people experiencing depression. He will collect data remotely from participants using smartphones – a new approach that shows great promise for estimating individual differences related to brain functioning.
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Liam is particularly interested in the intersection of international trade and development, completing placements at the United Nations Capital Development Fund (Myanmar), KPMG Advisory and the Australian Embassy (Beijing). He plans to pursue a Master’s degree in the U.S. to deepen his knowledge on changing patterns of trade and foreign investment, and their implications for developing economies.
Field: Medical Science
Narelle is a PhD candidate in the Nicholson laboratory at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Melbourne. For her Fulbright Future Scholarship, Narelle will work in the laboratory of Professor Jean-Laurent Casanova at Rockefeller University in New York. In the Casanova laboratory, Narelle will have access to clinical samples collected from patients, where she will investigate whether patients with rare genetic mutations in important immune signalling molecules are more susceptible to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. Narelle’s research will advance our understanding of molecular signalling within immune cells and the fundamental components that not only drive the immune response, but also those that switch it off. Findings may inform clinical practice, by triggering genetic counselling for patients and their families who are found to carry these rare genetic variants or implementing targeted vaccination strategies to ‘at risk’ individuals.