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UQFOUNDATIONRESEARCHEXCELLENCEAWARDS > 2003Evening to rememberThe UQ Foundation ResearchExcellence Awards recogniseoutstanding performance andleadership potential among UQ’searly-career researchers.The awards ceremony, featuring avideo presentation showcasing theseven 2003 winners, will be held onSeptember 25 in the UQ Centre.“This will be a wonderful occasionwhere we can celebrate the successof both the awardees and the manyUQ researchers who have worked sohard to secure external funding,” saidDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)Professor David Siddle.More than 400 people will attendthe ceremony, which provides anopportunity for business, governmentand community representatives togain an insight into the futuredirection of UQ research and thebenefits it can bring.Introduced in 1999, the awardsarea a joint initiative of The Universityof Queensland FoundationLimited and the Office of the Vice-Chancellor.The awards ceremony is one of thekey elements of UQ Research Weekand this year a total of $465,000 willbe awarded to the winners enablingfurther development of their researchactivities.One of Australia’s leading biologicalscientists Dr Graham Mitchellwill present the guest speech entitledBrain drains, brain grains and nobrainers!Dr Mitchell is a science andtechnology advisor to the VictorianGovernment and jointly acts as ChiefScientist for the government’s Departmentof Primary Industries andDepartment of Sustainability andEnvironment.He is a Principal of FoursightAssociates Pty Ltd and a nonexecutiveDirector of AntisenseTherapeutics Ltd, Compumedics Ltd,AVS Pty Ltd and the GeoffreyGardiner Dairy Foundation.The author of more than 350publications, Dr Mitchell has receivednumerous awards for scientificachievements and was appointed anOfficer of the Order of Australia inDr Mitchell1993 for services to science, in particularimmunoparasitology.The function will also provide anopportunity to publicly acknowledgethe outstanding research achievementsof the many new and continuingAustralian Research Council(ARC) and National Health andMedical Research Council (NHMRC)grant recipients.“As one of the country’s mostcomprehensive research-intensiveUQ Foundation Research Excellence Awarduniversities, UQ is regarded among theelite tertiary institutions in Australiaand more and more on the internationalstage thanks to the talents of ourresearchers,” Professor Siddle said.“As a way for UQ to show itsappreciation, the grant recipients havebeen asked to attend the awardsceremony where their contribution willbe officially acknowledged.”UQ’s 2003 Research Report willalso be released at the event.Informing scholars>RESEARCHINFORMATIONSESSION&FORUMSA research scholarshipinformation session andresearch forums will be held onSeptember 23 as part of UQResearch Week activities.The research scholarship informationsession is designed to promoteUQ research possibilities to potentialpostgraduate students.It will be held from 4–7pm in theseminar room, Social Sciences andHumanities Library, with refreshmentsprovided.“UQ will be awarding around 250scholarships for research higherdegree students commencing in 2004,said Dean of Postgraduate Studies andUQ Graduate School Director ProfessorAlan Lawson.“The information session willoutline the range of scholarshipsavailable and the selection procedureas well as provide detailed advice onthe application process.”Bookings:r.johnson@research.uq.edu.auA research forum entitled Whatdoes university research mean to themedia? will take place from 2–3.30pmin the Senate Room, Brian WilsonChancellery.Speakers include Associate ProfessorIan Godwin (School of Land andFood Sciences), John Harrison (Schoolof Journalism and Communication)and Colleen Clur (Office of Marketingand Communication).A forum entitled Surviving andprospering in the current researchenvironment will follow from 4–6pm.Speakers include Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) ProfessorDavid Siddle, Professor GraemeTurner (Centre for Critical andCultural Studies), Professor CindyGallois (Centre for Social Researchin Communication), Professor RonDickinson (Centre for Studies inDrug Disposition) and AssociateProfessor Jenny Martin (Institute forMolecular Bioscience).Bookings (by September 19):m.vermeulen@research.uq.edu.auBiotechnology student Stephen Earl13
OTHEREVENTS2020VISIONTWO PUBLIC LECTURESA special presentation for UQ Research WeekMonday 22 September 7pmUQ Centre, Union Road St Lucia CampusFree admission and refreshments, bookings essential –visit: http://www.uq.edu.au/research/2020register or contactAnna Roberts Ph: 3365 3159 Email: anna.roberts@uq.edu.auHealthy arteriesand healthy airwavesChaired by Professor David Siddle, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). You are invited to UQ’s 2020Vision public lecture, to be presented by Professor JulieCampbell and Professor Graeme Turner. You are welcometo attend one or both presentions.6.45pm for 7.00pmUNDERSTANDING TALKBACK RADIOProfessor Graeme TurnerDirector, Centre for Critical and Cultural StudiesTalkback radio dominates the AM ratings and has become amedium of choice for political parties. Professor Turner,conducting Australia’s most comprehensive study into talkbackradio, will explain audience interest, host-caller relations, andthe current and future social, political and cultural placement ofthe format.8.00pmTISSUE ENGINEERING OF VASCULAR GRAFTS:WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE IN 2020?Professor Julie H. CampbellDirector, Centre for Research in Vascular BiologySchool of Biomedical SciencesIn vitro tissue-engineered vascular grafts to bypass or replacedamaged or diseased arteries have proven disappointing.Groundbreaking research is being conducted at UQ into ‘growyou own’ vascular grafts from cells of bone marrow origin. By2020, surgeons may be able to design a multi-purpose graftaccording to the patient’s needs.UQRESEARCHWEEK03September 22–26 2003For all event details visit www.uq.edu.au/researchThere are manyother informativeand interestingevents during UQResearch Week.MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22Internationalising curriculumstudies public lecture and wineand cheese receptionSpeaker: Professor Bill Pinar (an internationallyrespected curriculumtheorist, Fulbright scholar and StBernard Parish Alumni EndowedProfessor at Louisiana StateUniversity, United States)5–7pm, Conference Room, SocialSciences and Humanities LibraryCoordinator: School of EducationWhat are the key messages ingenetics and how can webroadcast them? seminarSpeaker: Dr Kristine Barlow-Stewart (New South Wales GeneticsService)11am–noon, Auditorium,Queensland Bioscience PrecinctCoordinator: Office of Public Policyand Ethics, Institute for MolecularBioscience (IMB)Bookings: a.wallace@imb.uq.edu.auTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23Theories of identity anddifference: connections toeducational and social researchpanel discussionSpeakers: Professor Pinar (seedetails above); Garry Foster (Schoolof Social Work and Applied HumanSciences); Valerie Harwood(University of Wollongong); andMary Lou Rasmussen (DeakinUniversity).4–6pm, Room 603, Social SciencesBuildingCoordinator: School of EducationWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24Launch of Boeing SystemsEngineering Teaching Laboratory9.30am, UQ Centre foyer, byinvitation.Coordinator: School of InformationTechnology and ElectricalEngineeringPostgraduate colloquiumSpeaker: Professor Pinar (seedetails above)1–4pm, SBS Conference Room,Social Sciences BuildingCoordinator: School of EducationBookings: k.weir@uq.edu.auSwimming in the sea of change:is regulation killing innovationdebateSpeakers: Dr Ian Findlay (AustralianGenome Research Facility);Professor Lyn Griffith (GriffithUniversity); and Associate ProfessorJan MacMillan (Queensland ClinicalGenetics Service) versus Dr PeterIsdale (IMB); Professor Wayne Hall(IMB); and Professor William Grey(School of History, Philosophy,Religion and Classics).6–8.30pm, Customs House, 399Queen StCoordinators: Australian ResearchManagement Society and AustralianInstitute of Health, Law and EthicsBookings:m.vermeulen@research.uq.edu.auHow to submit your thesisworkshopSpeakers: Professor Alan Lawson(UQ Graduate School); Katie Abbey(Office of Research and PostgraduateStudies); Heather Todd (BiologicalSciences Library); and ColBruce (UQ Printery).Noon–1.30pm, Room 115, PrenticeBuildingCoordinator: UQ Graduate SchoolBookings: 07 3365 8846,r.johnson@research.uq.edu.auTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25Career building in academe:starting out seminarSpeaker: Dr Maryanne Dever(Centre for Women’s Studies andGender Research Director, MonashUniversity)Noon–1.30pm, Room 234, ParnellBuildingCoordinator: UQ Graduate SchoolBookings: 07 3365 8846,r.johnson@research.uq.edu.auFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26From research to publication:getting started seminarSpeaker: Dr Maryanne Dever (seedetails above)10–11.30am, Room 358,Physiology Lecture TheatresCoordinator: UQ Graduate SchoolBookings: 07 3365 8846,r.johnson@research.uq.edu.auAcademic job interviews: beingprepared seminarSpeaker: Dr Maryanne Dever (seedetails above)2–3.30pm, Room 360, PhysiologyLecture TheatresCoordinator: UQ Graduate SchoolBookings: 07 3365 8846,r.johnson@research.uq.edu.au14UQ NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2003
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