Prizes and Awards

2023
ARA Early Career Research Excellence Award awarded to Dr Laura Ross
2023
ARA Early Career Research Excellence Award awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2023
Best new investigator free paper ARA ASM awarded to Dr Matthew Parker
2023
EULAR Abstract Award - Clinical Sciences 2023 awarded to Dr Laura Ross
2022
Arthritis Australia - ARA Victoria Fellowship awarded to Dr Laura Ross
2022
MHDS Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence awarded to Dr Laura Ross
2022
Best New Investigator Free Papers Award ARA ASM awarded to Dr Laura Ross
2022
Best Oral Poster Presentation. Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery Research Week awarded to Dr Jessica Fairley
2022-2025
National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship Awarded to Dr Jessica Fairley
2021 - 2025
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Emerging Leadership Level 1 Investigator Grant awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2021 - 2024
Harrison Pennicott Scleroderma Victoria PhD Scholarship awarded to Dr Alannah Quinlivan to undertake PhD research through the University of Melbourne in the field of scleroderma gastrointestinal involvement
2020 - 2024
Emerging Leadership Level 2 Investigator Grant awarded to Prof Mandana (Mandy) Nikpour
2019
Australian Rheumatology Association Parr Prize for research achievements in rheumatology awarded to A/Prof Mandana Nikpour
2019
TJ Martin Medal for best PhD thesis on the Eastern Hill Academic Campus of the University of Melbourne, awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2019
Best podium presentation prize at the Pulmonary Hypertension Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2019 awarded to Dr Zoe Brown
2019
Victorian ARA Fellowship awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2019
ARA Scholarship awarded to Dr Zoe Brown.
2019
University of Melbourne Research Training Program Scholarship awarded to Dr Zoe Brown
2018
RACP Australian Rheumatology Association and D.E.V Starr Research Establishment Fellowship awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2018
Victorian ARA Fellowship awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2018
Australian Rheumatology Association President’s Collaborative Research Prize awarded to the Australian Scleroderma Interest Group (ASIG)
2017 - 2021
MOVE/Musculoskeletal Victoria PhD Scholarship awarded to Dr Laura Ross
2017 - 2020
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship Level 1 awarded to Dr Mandana Nikpour
2017
St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne research week Junior Investigator best podium abstract presentation prize awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2016 - 2017
NHMRC PhD Scholarship awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2014 - 2017
NHMRC Early Career Fellowship awarded to Dr Mandana Nikpour
2016
Arthritis Australia Project Grant awarded to A/Prof Peter Youssef and A/Prof Joanne Sahhar
2016
Prize for best oral research presentation at the Pulmonary Hypertension Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Meeting awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2016
Arthritis Australia PhD Scholarship awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2015
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Shields Research Entry Scholarship awarded to Dr Kathleen Morrisroe
2014
Helen Moran Prize for best abstract presentation at the Australian Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting awarded to Dr Alannah Quinlivan
2013 - 2015
University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences David Bickart Clinician Researcher Fellowship awarded to Dr Mandana Nikpour
2012
St. Vincent’s Research Week Runner-up Prize for abstract awarded to Dr Vivek Thakkar
2011 - 2012
NHMRC PhD Scholarship awarded to Dr Vivek Thakkar
2011
Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Australian Rheumatology Association Barbara Cameron Fellowship awarded to Dr Mandana Nikpour
2009
St. Vincent’s Research Week Prize for best abstract awarded to Dr Maree Micallef

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