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2017 Data Innovation Award Winner: Professor Helmut Butzkueven

The Data Innovation Award award is presented to an individual or team that has developed the most innovative method of gathering, making available, processing or interpreting
data in a way that advances health and medical research.

Congratulations to Award Winner: Professor Helmut Butzkueven

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2017 Griffith University Discovery Award Winner: Dr Avnika Ruparelia

The Griffith University Discovery Award recognises an early career researcher This award recognises an early career researcher whose paper, patent or discovery has already demonstrated its importance or impact.

Congratulations to Award Winner –
Dr Avnika Ruparelia, Monash University

Dr Avnika Ruparelia is an early career researcher in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University, who has made outstanding contributions to the muscle disease field.

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2017 The Peter Wills Medal Winner: Professor Kim Mulholland

The Peter Wills Medal was created in honour of a great leader whose work led to the inception of Research Australia. The Peter Wills Medal is the flagship award and recognises someone who has made an outstanding, long-term contribution to building Australia’s international reputation in areas of health and medical research and fostering collaboration for better health.

Congratulations to Award Winner:
Professor Kim Mulholland

Professor Kim Mulholland’s 40 year career in global health has taken him from clinical
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Nominations open for GSK Award for Research

37th year of $80,000 research grant

Nominations for GSK’s Award for Research Excellence are now open until 10th July. The longstanding award seeks to assist leading Australian researchers by providing the winner with an $80,000 grant to support their research journey. 

The GSK Award for Research Excellence is one of the most prestigious available to the Australian medical research community. It has been awarded since 1980 to recognise outstanding achievements in medical research with potential importance to human health.

Last year’s award was received by Professors Arthur Christopoulos and Patrick Sexton for their research into G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). View their video here.

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2016 The Peter Wills Medal Winner: Professor Ian Gust AO

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2016 The Peter Wills Medal

Created in honour of the great leader whose work led to the inception of Research Australia. The Peter Wills Medal recognises an Australian who has made an outstanding contribution to building Australia’s international reputation in the area of health and medical research, and fostering collaboration for better health.

Congratulations to Award Winner: Professor Ian Gust AO

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2016 Data Innovation in Health & Medical Research Award Winner: Capital Markets CRC

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2016 Data Innovation in Health & Medical Research Award

Presented to an individual or team that has developed the most innovative method of gathering, making available, processing or interpreting data in a way that advances health and medical research. This new Award is being presented for the first time in 2016.

Congratulations to Award Winner: Capital Markets CRC, Health Market Quality Team

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2016 Leadership in Corporate Giving Award Winner: Volvo Car Australia

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2016 Leadership in Corporate Giving

Recognises outstanding leadership by a corporation or business in giving to and supporting health and medical research. This is not necessarily about the actual amounts donated, rather it’s the relationship or partnership and commitment over time that is an important dimension of effective corporate giving.

Congratulations to Award Winner: Volvo Car Australia

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2016 Advocacy Award Winner: Brenda King

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2016 Advocacy Award

Recognises an Australian from a member of the community, the media, or a celebrity who has raised community awareness about the benefits of health and medical research.

Congratulations to Award Winner: Brenda King

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2016 Health Services Research Award Winner: Prof Michael Barton OAM

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2016 NSW Health Health Services Award

This Award is for an individual who has provided leadership and made an outstanding contribution to health services research; driven research that has led to a significant improvement in healthcare; and/or has championed the development of the health services research field.

Congratulations to Award Winner: Prof Michael Barton OAM

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2016 Great Australian Philanthropy Award Winner: McCusker Charitable Foundation

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2016 Great Australian Philanthropy Award

Recognises and encourages personal philanthropic donations over a period of time by
an individual or family to Australian health and medical research.

Congratulations to Award Winner: McCusker Charitable Foundation

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