Congratulations to the highly commended finalist of the Data Innovation Award: the LifeSpan data team (led by Mathew Phillips).
Congratulations to the Data Innovation Award Finalist: Professor David Wilson
Congratulations to the Data Innovation Award Finalist: Associate Professor Adam Dunn
Australian leads development of world’s largest MS database
Melbourne University’s Professor Helmut Butzkueven has tonight been awarded Research Australia’s Data Innovation Award for his incredible work developing MS Base, the world’s largest Multiple Sclerosis (MS) database sharing, tracking and evaluating clinical data in more than 55,000 people with MS from 33 countries.
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Australian Health and Medical Research Night of Nights
Media Release: 17 November 2016
Australia’s most inspiring health and medical researchers, advocates and philanthropist were celebrated last night at the 2016 Research Australia Health and Medical Research Awards.
Nadia Levin, CEO of Research Australia, said the night was a magnificent success that paid tribute to the efforts and energy of some of the sectors biggest names and most promising up-and-comers.
“Last nights’ Health and Medical Research Awards prove that Australia’s research sector is a force to be reckoned with,” said Ms Levin.
“We were joined by hundreds of people who tirelessly work to improve the health and wellbeing of our wider community, and it was an honour to acknowledge their work.
“The best health and medical research requires innovation, drive, creativity and ingenuity, and the 2016 Research Australia Award Winners exemplify all of those characteristics,” she said.
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Curing Cancer? There’s an app for that
Media Release: Friday 28 October 2016
Imagine being able to press fast-forward on efforts to cure cancer while you sleep. Seem
impossible? Well it’s not.
This ground-breaking idea has earned the creators of DreamLab a nomination for Research Australia’s newest award, the Data Innovation Award.
Vodafone Foundation’s DreamLab app uses the collective processing capacity of smartphones to crunch numbers and compare genetic profiles of tumours.