Prizes and awards MCRI researchers were recognised with a variety of fellowships, prizes and national honours in 2020. The Institute Amanda Gwee attracts and inspires Premier’s Awards for Health and Research finalist (Clinical high-performing Medical Researcher category). individuals to do their For research into determining the best dose antibiotic vancomycin for babies very best work and ofto the improve the treatment of bloodstream reach new heights. infections.
BUPA Emerging Health Researcher Award. Recognised for research that’s led to new antibiotic dosing guidelines for babies.
Andrew Steer Bailey K. Ashford Medal from American Society of Tropical Medicine for distinguished work in tropical medicine. Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science Jian Zhou Medal which recognises a rising star in translational medicine. Elected to Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in recognition of outstanding contributions to Australian health and medical research.
Jono Kaufman
Margie Danchin
Melissa Lee
Clinical Investigator Award from Viertel Charitable Foundation.
Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship to improve vaccine and risk communication to optimise COVID-19 and routine vaccine acceptance and uptake.
Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research (Clinical Researcher category) for improving outcomes after surgery for patients with a common congenital heart disease condition.
Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research finalist (Health Services Researcher category) for research into the effective investigation of urinary tract infections in young children.
Angela Morgan
Daniel Engelman
Melissa Little
Roy Robins Browne
Sharon Goldfeld
Sir William Kilpatrick Churchill Fellowship to develop a best practice approach to treating child speech disorders.
Dr Dorothea Sandars Churchill Fellowship to develop best practice approaches for population mapping of scabies and tropical skin diseases.
Julian Wells Medal, Lorne Genome Conference, for outstanding contribution to genome research in Australia.
Lifetime achievement award from the Australian Society for Microbiology.
Marles Medal, University of Melbourne, recognises excellence in research impact.
Erin Crellin
Graeme Barnes
Susan Sawyer
Melanie Neeland
Sarath Ranganathan
Individual Best Achievement in Medical Research at the Aspire Awards, celebrating leadership, achievement, contributions and abilities of people with a disability across a wide range of sectors.
Queen’s birthday AO for distinguished service to medicine.
Queen’s birthday OAM for service to tertiary education, adolescent health and international groups.
Chan Zuckerberg Award, Single-Cell Analysis of Inflammation award.
Chan Zuckerberg Award, Single-Cell Analysis of Inflammation award.
NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award - highest ranked female applicant (Leadership category) for research in Clinical Medicine and Science.
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Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Australia Day – Officer of the Order (AO) for distinguished service to education and research in the field of microbiology and immunology and to professional groups.
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