Celebrating 21 years of Australian Health and Medical Research Awards

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The Research Australia 2024 Health and Medical Research Awards provide an exceptional opportunity to celebrate the outstanding talent within Australia’s health and medical research community. These prestigious awards honour the remarkable achievements of individuals and teams who drive innovation and advancements that enhance our lives.

As the national peak body for health and medical research, Research Australia proudly recognises these achievements, advocating for the entire research ecosystem. We couldn’t do this without the support of our generous partners, and we extend our heartfelt thanks for helping us celebrate both current and future research leaders.

Thank you to our sponsors, if you are interested in becoming a sponsor for our 2025 awards please reach out to the team at admin@researchaustralia.org

AND THE FINALISTS ARE…

(in surname or group name alphabetical order)

Health Services Research Award

- Genomic Autopsy Study team. Nominated by Professor Hamish Scott, University of South Australia and SA Pathology Alliance & Professor Christopher Barnett, Women’s and Children’s Hospital
- Professor Nicole Nathan, University of Newcastle. Nominated by Mrs Cheryl Redman & Professor Chris Dayas, University of Newcastle
- Dr Amy Page, Center for Optimisation of Medicines. Nominated by Professor Rhonda Clifford, The University of Western Australia & Mr Jarrod McMaugh BPharm, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
- Professor Christobel Saunders AO, MB BS, FRCS, FRACS, FAAHMS, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne. Nominated by Professor Mike McGuckin, University of Melbourne & Professor Shelley Dolan RN MSc PhD, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Distinguished Professor David Simmons, Western Sydney University. Nominated by Professor Deborah Sweeney Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Research, Enterprise & International & Professor Freya McMillan, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor Research

Digital & Data Health Innovation Award sponsored by Digital Health CRC

- CSL-WEHI Translational Data Science Alliance (TDSA), CSL & WEHI. Nominated by Andrew Nash, Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President, Head of Research at CSL & Professor Ken Smith, South Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- Associate Professor Rebecca Glauert, Director of the Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas. Nominated By Merran Smith, The University of Western Australia & Anne Hollonds, National Children’s Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
- The RMIT University-Telstra Health-Digital Health CRC project team. Nominated by Dr Monica Trujillo, Telstra Health & Clare Russell, RMIT University
- Advanced Genome and Transcriptome Analytics Project. Nominated by Anastasia Ioannou, Executive Director at Luminesce Alliance & Professor Michelle Haber, Children’s Cancer Institute

Great Australian Philanthropy Award

- Mark and Kirralee Hughes, Mark Hughes Foundation. Nominated by Ms Cheryl Redman and Professor Chris Dayas, University of Newcastle
- Kerr, Paris and Beau Neilson, Neilson Foundation. Nominated by Pauline Georges and Kathryn Borkovic, SpinalCure Australia
- Paul and Sue Taylor. Nominated by Caroline Hawkins, University of Queensland & Chris Saines, Queensland Art Gallery

Advocacy Award sponsored by AbbVie

- Professor Meera Agar, University of Technology Sydney. Nominated by Professor David Currow, University of Wollongong & Professor Jane Phillips, Queensland University of Technology
- Crohn’s and Colitis Australia. Nominated by Ms Sarah Thyssen, Crohn’s and Colitis Australia & Ms Jacqui O’Brien, Gastroenterological Society of Australia
- Professor Hanny Calache, Deakin University. Nominated by Ms Utsana Tonmukayakul, Deakin University & Adjunct Associate Professor Bischof Werner, Dental Health Services Victoria
- Professor Kelvin Kong AM, University of Newcastle. Nominated by Ms Cheryl Redman and Professor Chris Dayas, University of Newcastle
- Dr Jane Tiller, Monash University. Nominated by Professor Paul Lacaze, Monash University & Professor Stephen Robson, Australian Medical Association

Discovery Award sponsored by the Victorian Government (DJSIR)

- Dr Jaithri Ananthapavan, Deakin University. Nominated by Professor Suzanne Robinson, Deakin University & Ms Ainslie Sartori, Cancer Council Western Australia
- Dr Mustafa Atee, T he Dementia Cen tre, HammondCare, Nominated by Dr Mustafa Atee, Curtin Medical School & Dr Tom Morris, DPsych, The Dementia Centre, HammondCare
- Dr Jiayan Liao, University of Technology Sydney. Nominated by Professor Roger Chung, Macquarie University & Deborah J Marsh, University of Technology Sydney
- Dr Luke Ney, Queensland University of Technology. Nominated by Professor Sharon Newman and Professor Ottmar Nipp, Queensland University of Technology
- Dr. Jin Ng, WEHI/. Nominated by Professor Kate Sutherland, WEHI & Associate Professor Marian Burr, John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR)

Frontiers Award sponsored by ANU

- Professor Jane Butler, NeuRA. Nominated by Professor Simon Gandevia, NeuRA & Sophie Cooley, SpinalCure
- Centre for Microbiome Research. Nominated by Professor Patsy Yates and Distinguished Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Queensland University of Technology
- Zero Childhood Cancer Precision Medicine Program (ZERO),Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI) / University of New South Wales (UNSW). Nominated by Professor Vlado Perkovic, UNSW Provost & Professor Grant McArthur AO FAHMS, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

In addition to the winners of the above categories, the winner of the Peter Wills Award will be announced at the event on the night, as will the winner of the 2024 GSK Award for Research Excellence.

You can see a full list of previous Award winners here.