December 2017

2017 Menzies Alumni President and Engineering Scholar, Dr Adrian McCallum, has just returned from an expedition to Nepal with his engineering students, exploring various aspects of earthquake risk and impact. “It was a multi-faceted adventure, with two weeks spent investigating post-earthquake building construction in Nepal, with my fourth year engineering students from the University of […]

Professor Michel Coppieters has been appointed as the Menzies Foundation Professor of Allied Health Research at the Menzies Health Institute in Queensland.  Professor Coppieters is a physiotherapist with a focus on treatment of neurogenic disorders. He has a special interest improving musculoskeletal health and reducing persistent pain. Griffith University spoke with Professor Coppieters about his new role and

Menzies Scholars and Fellows have been awarded fellowships and project grants from the NHMRC valued at over $10.7 million in the latest round of announcements. They include: 2012 NHMRC/RG Menzies Fellow, Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson, who was awarded a Career Development Fellowship ($476,728) at the University of Melbourne, for her work on circulating tumour DNA.

Taking the big jump from feeling safe, supported and surrounded by family in a small town in Queensland to studying at the University of Melbourne, is an experience that will guide the mentoring efforts of the 2018 Menzies Indigenous Mentoring Fellow. Proud Mamu Waribarra woman from Tully in Far North Queensland, Serena Rae Thompson, has