2022 Winners

On Thursday 7 December the 2022 University of Melbourne Excellence Award winners were celebrated at a special ceremony held in the Old Quadrangle on the University’s Parkville Campus.

25 individual and team recipients from across the University were recognised and celebrated for their achievements in the four key areas of: global, place and community; professional; research and teaching excellence.

Global, Place and Community Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence in Building and Strengthening Student Diversity

• Jessica Sturk | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Award for Excellence in Building Student Connection and Belonging

• Trish Thorpe | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Award for Excellence in Indigenous Collaborations

• Bernadette Murphy and the Yambirrpa Schools Collaboration | Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Award for Excellence in Place-based Initiatives

• Budj Bim Project Team - Associate Professor Juliana Kaya Prpic, Associate Professor Martin Tomko, Damein Bell, Denise Lovett, Tyson Lovett-Murray | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and the Gunditjmara Community - Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation

Award for Excellence in Place-based Initiatives

• Cummeragunja Project Team - a collaboration with the Cummeragunja Community, Bower Studio at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, and the Academy of Sport, Health and Education

Award for Excellence in Public Benefit

• Community Fellows Program - Charlene Edwards, Claire Smiddy, Kathleen Patterson, Jo Barraket | Melbourne Social Equity Institute

Patricia Grimshaw Award for Mentor Excellence

• Associate Professor Lauren Ayton | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Professional Excellence Awards

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• Research Computing Portal Team – Dr Bernard Meade, Dinusha Withanage, David Toulmin, Kaushik Ramesh, Callum Cartwright, Lauren Meaney, Sara Ogston, Terry Brennan | Business Services

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• Research Computing Services Data Solutions Team – Dr Andy Tseng, Dr Neil Killeen, Jared Winton, Wilson (Wei) Liu, Robert Hutton, Koula Tsiaplias | Business Services 

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• Research Outputs Team – Samuel Rowland, Janelle Christie, Amin Khaliqi, Sally Tape, Alison Timms, Jen Ri, Dr Sarah Kirby, Sonia Sharma | Student and Scholarly Services

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• Sarah English | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Gerry Barretto Awards for Outstanding Student Services

• Dove Rengger-Thorpe | Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

Gerry Barretto Awards for Outstanding Student Services

• Timetabling Team – Medaline Lee, Martin Andersson, Adam Downs, Emily Lebetzis, Ehtesham Ali, Chris Gorley, Rick Prakhoff, Sabrina Rahman, Khaled Terbah, Peggy Williams, Eva Hargitay, Oshadha Iddawela, Sebastian Scamporlino, Priscilla Salloum | Student and Scholarly Services

Research Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence in Enabling Research

• Methods and Implementation Support for Clinical and Health research (MISCH) Hub – Professor Julie Simpson, Shaie O’Brien, An Nguyen, Katie Boncza Ozdowska, Professor Mark Jenkins, Sabine Braat, Dr Karen Lamb, Dr Emily Karahalios, Dr Anurika de Silva, Dr Digsu Koye, Vanessa Pac Soo, Dr Robert Mahar, Dr Alistair McLean, Dr Sophie Zaloumis, Joanna Ling, Professor Leonid Churilov, Dr Hannah Johns, Dominic Italiano, Professor Kim Dalziel, Dr An Duy Tran, Dr Ting Zhao, Paul Amores, Professor Douglas Boyle, David Ormiston-Smith, Professor Victoria Palmer, Dr Jennifer Bibb, Associate Professor Adam Deane, Fiona McManus | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Award for Excellence in Graduate Researcher Supervision

• Professor Sandra Kentish | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research

• repliCATS Team - Professor Fiona Fidler, Dr Martin Bush, Dr Fallon Mody, Dr Eden Smith, Dr Hannah Fraser, Dr Felix Singleton Thorn, Dr Bonnie Wintle, Dr Anca Hanae, Dr David Wilkinson, Aaron Willcox, Professor Peter Vesk, Kahlil Hodgson, Cassie Watts, Dr Rose O’Dea, Elliot Gould, Steven Kambouris, Daniel Hamilton, Raquel Ashton, Rania Poulis, Mel Ross, Professor Richard Sinnott, Glenn Tesla Jayaputera, Ivo Widjaja, Ivy Zhang, Andrew Head, Dr Libby Rumpff, Dr Victoria Hemming, Dr Ans Vercammen, Beth Clarke, Rebecca Groenewegen, Fazil Hassen, Ross Pearson, Professor Mark Burgman, Professor Simine Vazire | Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences; Faculty of Science

Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements

• Associate Professor Alysia Blackham | Melbourne Law School

Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements

• Dr Luke Kelly | School of Ecosystems and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science

Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements

• Dr Stanley Cheng Xie | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Award for Excellence in Research Programs with External Organisations

• Professor Nathan Grills, Professor Ajay Mahal, Dr Lindsey Gale, Nicole Bishop | Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Teaching Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence and Innovation in Indigenous Higher Education

• Ways of Knowing Collaborative Leadership Team – Joanne Bolton, Dr Ngaree Blow, Madelyn Hudson-Buhagiar, Brooke Conley, Professor Elizabeth Molloy, Carolyn Cracknell, Donya Eghrari, Associate Professor Lilon Bandler, Dr Peter Carew, Professor Julie Satur, Jiangli Tan, Tamara Clements, Heather Buttigieg, Adi Lipscombe, Philippa Marriot, Jo Martin, Associate Professor Anthea Cochrane, Professor Louisa Remedios, Dr Jessica Stander, Dr Karen Donald, Associate Professor Christina Bryant, Sue Durham, Emma Barnard, Dr Nicole Hill, Dr Rebecca Waring, Dr Samantha Byrne | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Barbara Falk Award for Teaching Excellence

• Associate Professor Jennifer Beard | Melbourne Law School

David White Award for Teaching Excellence

• Dr Kwang Meng Cham | Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Edward Brown Award for Teaching Excellence

• Dr Saeed Miramini | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Norman Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Educational Programs

• Melbourne Medical School Assessment Team – Professor Anna Ryan, Dr Terry Judd, Dr Simone Elliott, Kimberley Hokin | Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences