Annual Report 2015–2016
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Award Recipient Institution Research project<br />
ELIZABETH BLACKBURN FELLOWSHIPS<br />
These fellowships are named after Australian-American Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, who was<br />
awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The fellowships promote and foster the career<br />
development of female researchers. The award is made to the highest ranked female applicant in each of the<br />
biomedical, clinical and public health pillars of the Research Fellowship scheme.<br />
Biomedical<br />
Professor<br />
Jane Visvader<br />
Walter and Eliza<br />
Hall Institute of<br />
Medical Research<br />
Deciphering<br />
breast cancer<br />
heterogeneity to<br />
improve breast<br />
cancer outcomes<br />
PART 1 Overview<br />
Clinical<br />
Public Health<br />
Professor<br />
Robyn<br />
Guymer<br />
Professor<br />
Billie Giles-<br />
Corti<br />
Centre for Eye<br />
Research Australia<br />
The University of<br />
Melbourne<br />
Age-related macular<br />
degeneration:<br />
A cause and a cure<br />
Building urban<br />
planning and<br />
health evidence to<br />
inform policy and<br />
practice that creates<br />
healthy, liveable<br />
and equitable<br />
communities<br />
designed to prevent<br />
non-communicable<br />
diseases<br />
FELLOWSHIP AWARDS<br />
Practitioner Fellowship<br />
Practitioner Fellowships support research<br />
that results in the translation of evidence<br />
into improved clinical practice and health<br />
policy, delivering improvements in health and<br />
healthcare to Australians. The award is given<br />
to the highest ranked applicant in NHMRC’s<br />
Practitioner Fellowship scheme.<br />
Associate<br />
Professor Alex<br />
Hewitt<br />
University of<br />
Tasmania<br />
Molecular profiling<br />
to identify<br />
therapeutic targets<br />
for blinding diseases<br />
Research Fellowship<br />
Research Fellowships support leading<br />
health and medical researchers in full-time<br />
research. The award is given to the highest<br />
ranked applicant in NHMRC’s Research<br />
Fellowship scheme.<br />
Professor<br />
Stephen<br />
Nicholls<br />
South Australian<br />
Health and Medical<br />
Research Institute<br />
Developing<br />
innovative pathways<br />
for the prevention<br />
of lifelong<br />
cardiovascular risk<br />
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> of the National Health and Medical Research Council <strong>2015–2016</strong>
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