REWARDING RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

The excellence of Telethon Kids Institute researchers has been recognised in multiple ways across Western Australia and nationally over the past year, including at the Premier’s Science Awards, WA Australian of the Year Awards, Eureka Prizes and Tall Poppy Awards.

Tall Poppy Awards

Professor Britta Regli-von UngernSternberg, Head of the Perioperative Medicine Team, and vaccine hesitancy researcher Associate Professor Katie Attwell, an Honorary Research Fellow at Telethon Kids – named 2022 Western Australian Young Tall Poppies

Byron Kakulas Medal

Professor Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg and fellow members of the Perioperative Medicine Team, Associate Professor David Sommerfield and Professor Lee Yong Lim – winners of the inaugural Byron Kakulas Medal, awarded by the Perron Institute

Australian Academy of Science

Executive Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis – inducted as a new Fellow in recognition of his pioneering expertise in infectious diseases

Australia Day Honours List

Mental health champion and Co-Director of Embrace Professor Helen Milroy – named a Member of the Order of Australia (General Division)

Cancer Council

WA Research

Excellence Awards

Clinical Associate Professor Nick Gottardo –Cancer Researcher of the Year 2022

ABC TOP 5 Science

Youth mental health researcher Dr Alix Woolard –secured an intensive twoweek media residency after being named one of the ABC’s 2022 TOP 5 Science early career researchers

Premier’s Science Awards

Youth mental health researcher and Ngarrindjeri man James Hill – joint winner, Shell Aboriginal STEM Student of the Year

Telethon Kids Institute also had several finalists: physical activity researcher Associate Professor Hayley Christian (HBF Mid-Career Scientist of the Year), youth mental health researcher Dr Nicole Hill, and cancer researcher Dr Rachael Zemek (both for Woodside Early Career Scientist of the Year)

2023 Australian of the Year Awards

Autism researcher Professor Andrew Whitehouse – finalist, Western Australian of the Year

Australian Museum

Eureka Prizes

Ear health researcher Associate Professor Chris Brennan-Jones – finalist, Macquarie University

Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher

Institute of Public Administration

Australia WA inaugural Achievement Awards

Cardiometabolic Sunhealth team, led by Dr Shelley Gorman – joint winners, Best Practice in Children’s Consultation