Congratulating MSHS recipients of the 2025 MDHS Staff Excellence Awards
On Tuesday 2 December, the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences gathered at the Art & Cultural Building for the Faculty Staff Excellence Awards ceremony.
The awards acknowledge the outstanding work by academic and professional staff and teams that align with the Advancing Health 2030 Strategy and the faculty’s values of respect, accountability, compassion, integrity, collaboration and teamwork.
It was fantastic to see a significant showing of MSHS winners, demonstrating the commitment of MSHS towards excellence in education, research and community impact. Congratulations to the award winners!
Discovery Awards
Award for Interdisciplinary Research
Dr Bao Nguyen, A/Prof Sam John, Prof Lauren Ayton, Prof David Grayden, Prof Bang Bui, A/Prof Andrew Morokoff, Dr Lachlan Knight, Dr Max Kaplan, Prof Adam Deane, Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid, Prof Michael Reade, Dr Ceecee Britten-Jones, Prof Gavin Williams, Matt Wingfield, Prof Marcus Watson, Dr Andrew Ronchi, Dr Andre Tan, Dr Emril Ali (Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences - Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Physiotherapy - Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Department of Critical Care - Melbourne Medical School, Department of Surgery - Melbourne Medical School, Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Business Development - Research Innovation and Commercialisation)
Award for Research Achievements (Early)
Dr Ceecee Britten-Jones (Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences)
Award for Research Achievements (Senior)
A/Prof Stephanie Best (Melbourne Implementation Research Group)
Education Awards
Award for Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Dr Sonya Moore (Department of Physiotherapy)
Award for Learning and Teaching Achievement
Patrick Bowers (Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology)
Award for Education for Collaborative Practice
Dr Rachel Toovey, Dr Kelly Bower, Prof Lucio Naccarella, Dr Free Coulston, Georgia Bartlett, Zoe McNeice, Dr Alice Rota-Bartelink, Dr Meg Keage, A/Prof Anthea Cochrane, Dr Kim Allison, Dr Peter Carew, Dr Bao Nguyen, Matt Wingfield, Dr Selwyn Prea, Dr Jessica Stander, A/Prof Karyn Galvin, Emily Shepard, A/Prof Kelley Graydon, Dr Tandy Hastings-Ison, Karen Kennedy, Professor Dani Tomlin, Dr Ruth Braden (Department of Physiotherapy)
Award for Program Innovation
A/Prof Kwang Meng Cham, Keenan Hellyer, Chris Watt, Dr Andrew Huhtanen, A/Prof Anthea Cochrane, Dr Jia Jia Lek, Dr Selwyn Prea, Dr Amanda Douglass, Jonathan Ng (Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences)
