Congratulations to two BHI researchers for winning Virology Conference Awards
Congratulations to Dr Bill Panagopoulos, from the Breast Cancer Research Unit at the Basil Hetzel Institute, for being selected as one of four finalists in the Ross Wishart Memorial Award which will be presented tomorrow at the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) meeting in Adelaide. Last night, Bill, together with the three other finalists, gave short presentations about their research to those attending the ASMR Gala Dinner which was held at the Adelaide Pavilion. A table of 10 postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the Basil Hetzel Institute attended the dinner thanks to generous sponsorship from The Hospital Research Foundation (THRF). These ASMR events take place in Adelaide during Medical Research Week which is celebrated in the first week of June..
Congratulations to Dr Dijana Miljkovic for being awarded a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence from the University of Adelaide. Dijana completed her PhD thesis entitled “The role of immune cells in chronic rhinosinusitus” under the supervision of Professor PJ Wormald, Associate Professor Alkis Psaltis and Associate Professor Sarah Vreugde in the ENT Surgery research group at the Basil Hetzel Institute, TQEH. An article about Dijana's research was published on The Hospital Research Foundation website in 2016.
Congratulations to Dr Scott Clark for being awarded the 2017 RANZCP Early Career Psychiatrist Award. Scott's Nature paper (Translational Psychiatry) published in September 2016 resulted in him receiving this award. The University of Adelaide, Medicine Today and Psychiatric News all published articles related to this publication. This Award was established by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1979 to encourage and promote research in psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. It is presented annually to the Fellow (within five years of their election to Fellowship of the College) or registrar who has contributed the most significant paper published in the past two years. (the photo shows Scott presenting his work to a keen group of University of the 3rd Age (U3A) participants at Flinders University during 2016)..
Congratulations to final year PhD student (ENT Surgery) Katharina Richter, for being chosen as one of four finalists in the "University of Adelaide - Science and Technology Award" category of the Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards. This year, winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Presentation Dinner on Friday 28th April. Good luck Kati!.