2007 Annual report (PDF 8.1 Mb) - University of Melbourne

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2007 Victoria Prize
Eminent neurosurgeon, Laureate Professor
Colin Masters was awarded the prestigious
2007 Victoria Prize. Professor Masters was
recognised for his achievements in isolating
and characterising elements of the primary
pathway causing Alzheimer’s disease.
Victoria Fellowships
Luke Connal, Bryony Coleman and
Erinna Lee won prestigious 2007 Victoria
Fellowships worth $18,000, recognising
their creative, innovative approach to
scientific research.
Australia Fellowships
Four of nine Australia Fellowships were
awarded to leading medical researchers at
the University. The fellowships, each worth
$4 million over five years were awarded to:
> Laureate Professor Sam Berkovic AM,
Department of Medicine (Austin Health
and Northern Health) and Director of
the Epilepsy Research Centre – for work
on the integration of high-level clinical
medicine, molecular genetics and cuttingedge
neuro-imaging in the causes and
treatment of epilepsy.
> Professor John Hopper, Director of
Research at the Centre for Molecular,
Environmental, Genetic and Analytic
Epidemiology and Director of the
Australian Twin Registry, School
of Population Health – for research
investigating the links between genes,
the environment, and breast cancer,
colorectal cancer and prostate cancer.
> Professor Doug Hilton, Head of the
Molecular Medicine Division at the
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research – for research into the molecular
basis for the onset and progression of
cancer and other diseases.
> Professor Alan Cowman, Head of
Infection and Immunity at the Walter and
Eliza Institute of Medical Research – for
the development of new treatments and
vaccines for the prevention of malaria.
Academy
Fellow of the Australian
Academy of the Social Sciences
Fellow of the Australian
Academy of Humanities
Fellow of the Australian
Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering
Fellow of the Australian
Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering
Klaus Joachim Zulch Prize
2007 Fellows
Professor Graeme Clark received the 2007
Klaus Joachim Zulch prize for his research
into neuroscience and the Cochlear implant,
which gives deaf people the ability to
hear. The Zulch prize from the Max Planck
Institute is Germany’s highest award in
neuroscience
Fulbright Scholarship
Professor in Microbiology and Immunology,
Francis Carbone, was awarded a 2007
Fulbright Senior Scholar Scholarship to
travel to the Scripps Institute in California.
He will continue research into immune
response to viral infection.
NES Award
Professorial Fellow, David Solomon, has
been awarded the NES Award for Novel
Engineering Solutions from the Institution
of Chemical Engineers for his part in
developing the first plastic banknote.
WooDWard Medal awarded to
a Historian and a Physicist
> Associate Professor Antonia Finnane
(School of Historical Studies) was
awarded the 2007 Woodward Medal
in Humanities and Social Sciences in
recognition of her book, Speaking of
Yangzhou: A Chinese City, 1550–1850.
Professor Vicki Anderson (Royal Children’s Hospital)
Professor Robyn Eckersley (Political Science,
Criminology and Sociology)
Associate Professor Karl Adelaar (Asia Institute)
Professor Deirdre Coleman (Culture and Communication)
Dr Susan Foley (Historical Studies)
Professorial Fellow, Lyndal Roper, was appointed Honorary Fellow
Professor Anthony Guttman (Mathematics & Statistics)
Professor Colin Masters (Mental Health Research Institute)
Dr Keith Watson (WEHI)
Dr Calum Drummond, Federation Fellow and Professorial Fellow,
School of Chemistry and Bio21 Institute
Professor Andrew Holmes, AM, Federation Fellow and VESKI
Inaugural Fellow, Professor, School of Chemistry and Bio21 Institute
> Dr Andrew Greentree (School of Physics)
was awarded the 2007 Woodward Medal
in Science and Technology in recognition
of an outstanding body of published work
exploring the applications of quantum
mechanics to computing and information
processing.
Royal Society Fellows
Two of the University’s most eminent
scientists have been appointed as Fellows
of the Royal Society in London.
> Professor Sam Berkovic, Director of the
University’s Epilepsy Research Centre,
was recognised for his discoveries
relating to familial forms of epilepsy,
leading to a complete overhaul of their
clinical classification and providing new
insights into their underlying biology.
> Professor David Boger from Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, was reconised
for his discovery of elastic liquids,
subsequently named ‘Boger fluids’.
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