2023 Winners

On Wednesday 6 December, the 2023 University of Melbourne Excellence Award winners were celebrated at a special ceremony held in the Old Quadrangle on the University’s Parkville Campus.

30 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

• Outreach and Engagement Team – Yagilaith Program – Yemurraki Egan, Olivia Williams, Polly Rankine Duff | Murrup Barak

Award for Excellence in Building Student Connection and Belonging

• Graduate Agriculture and Food Industry Discovery Week Team – Associate Professor Ros Gall, Mrs Jemima Bowen, Associate Professor Tony Weatherley, Dr Ken Ng, Ms Helen Allison, Ms Siana Presley | Faculty of Science

Award for Excellence in Indigenous Collaborations

• Warriors Project Team –  Kirsten Hausia, Heather Gaunt, Ashley Perry, Inala Cooper, Maggie Blanden, Nicholas Currie, Ethan Savage, Jessica Alderton, Shanysa McConville | Murrup Barak and Museums and Collections

Award for Excellence in Place-based Initiatives

• Physiotherapy Department First Nations, Health Promotion & Equity Teaching Team – Dr Rachel Toovey, Free Coulston, Ellie White, Jessica Lees, Joanne Bolton, Georgina Morrow, Associate Professor Lucio Naccarella, Carolyn Cracknell, Nikkei Simon, Sarah Large, Sonali Abeywickrema, Associate Professor Shawana Andrews, Sarah Maley, Kathryn Potter, Brooke Conley, Rebecca Phillips, Tamara Clements, Molly Kennedy, Professor Louisa Remedios | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Award for Excellence in Public Benefit

• Nossal Institute for Global Health – Professor Linda Rae Bennett, Dr. Tiara Marthias, Dr. Juan Pablo Villanueva Cabezas, Dr. Mitha Eka, Campbell McKay, Ms Andi Halfpapp, Professor Barbara McPake, Ms Clare Strachan, Associate Professor Angus Campbell, Dr. Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell, Sonja Firth; Collaborating team members at the Australian, Indonesian Health Security Partnership (AIHSP): John Leigh, Isradi Alireja, John Weaver, Beverly Paterson, Lea Suganda, Nurdahalia Lairing, Dr. Tanya Caulfield, Dr. Gita Nasution, Dr. Tri Nugroho; Government of Indonesia representatives: Dr. Tiara Pakasi, Dr. Nuryani Zainuddin, Dr. Imran Pambudi | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Patricia Grimshaw Award for Mentor Excellence

• Associate Professor Kelly Smith | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Patricia Grimshaw Award for Mentor Excellence

• Professor Rob Moodie | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Professional Excellence Awards

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• Academic Careers Team (ACT) – Daniel Dorall, Dawn Quintal, Thomas Elmer, Linda Rowley, Jennifer Cocks, Melissa Brady | Business Services

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• AFTER HOURS Project Team– David Withers, Philip Shaw, Ben Loveridge, Eileen Wall, Bridget Webster, Joaquim Bel Pellicer, Eileen Wall | Video and Media (VM), Student and Scholarly Services

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• Digital Exams – Amber Sloan, Patrick Stoddart, Damian Sweeney, Liliana Braumberger, Pippa Diggins, Katie Lavigne, Victoria Ong, Anber Celik, Amy Kindellan, Lauren Rollke, Dominique Marconi, Bonnie Kidd, Kate Nguyen, Caitlin Donald, Hosanna Cheng, Sharon Marsionis, Vishi Ratnayake, Jessica Marian, Patrizia Imperia, Michael Kennedy, Fernando Jativa Guzman, Jeremy Goh, Alex Lor, Mikee Elliott, Karen Maeda, Sue Carter, Gordon Yau, Vineetha Marath, Abrar Hayat, Chantelle Linnett, Ashley Yip, Jo Mayson, Catherine Manning, James Wooldridge, Michael Burville, Kate Witham, Evan Bittner, Dean Collett, Nhat Ngo, Apurba Nath, Clement Gilbert, Melissa Ritchie, SK Cheng, Charles Clare, Hari Singh, Steven Giftakis, Hilary Richardson, Vincent Wellink, Taariq Maruzook, Suvini Gunawardena, Vanessa Ho, Ryan Egan, Ann McIntyre, Brendan Cann-Curran, Miriam O'Connell, Corey Thomas, Emily Sheehan, Geng Enriquez, Demetrious Raptis | Student and Scholarly Services, Business Services

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• FFAM Health and Safety Team – Jacquelyn Towns, Liz Mundell | Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• The Pathways to Politics Program for Women Team – Dr Meredith Martin, Erin O’Loughlin, Rachel Brown | Office of the Provost

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

• The School of Languages and Linguistics (SoLL) Professional Staff Office Team - Melissa Bruorton, Ashley Michailaros, Katie Possingham, Lourdes Sanchez Guerrero | Faculty of Arts

Gerry Barretto Awards for Outstanding Student Services

• Gillian Waters | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Gerry Barretto Awards for Outstanding Student Services

• Student Services (Stop 1) - Rachael Brennan, Stephen Caithness, Martina Cullen, Andrew Devine, Evange Belios-Oliver, and all the other staff in Student Services | Student and Scholarly Services

Bronwyn Jane Adams Memorial Award

• Joli Price | Office of the Provost

Bronwyn Jane Adams Memorial Award

• Animal Care Team - Maree Cox, Samantha Borg, Shannon Holbrook, Tracie Storey, Frances Fitzpatrick, Frankie Ducote | Faculty of Science

Research Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence in Enabling Research

• Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform Team – Dr Elena Taran, Dr Tian Zheng, Dr Anders Barlow, Dr Darryl Johnson, Paul Brannon, James Daniel Smith, Raveen Wijesuriya | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Award for Excellence in Graduate Researcher Supervision

• Associate Professor Kalissa Alexeyeff | Faculty of Arts

Award for Excellence in Graduate Researcher Supervision

• Associate Professor Catherine Granger | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research

• Mathematical and computational modelling to reduce the burden of skin pathogens in Indigenous communities – Associate Professor Nic Geard, Professor Steven Tong, Professor Jodie McVernon, Dr Mark Davies, Dr Katherine Gibney, Professor James McCaw, Dr Patricia Campbell, Dr Rebecca Chisholm, Dr David Price, Dr Jake Lacey, Dr Cameron Zachreson, Dr Michael Lydeamore, Dr Thiripura Vino, Ms Nefel Tellioglu, Dr Ouli Xie | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Faculty of Science

Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements

• Dr Renata Borovica-Gajic | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements

• Associate Professor Jessica Gerrard | Faculty of Education

Teaching Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence and Innovation in Indigenous Higher Education

• Access to Justice on Country Teaching Team – Dr Eddie Cubillo, Jaynaya Dwyer | Melbourne Law School

Barbara Falk Award for Teaching Excellence

• Dr Carol Johnson | Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

David White Award for Teaching Excellence

• Dr Amber Willems-Jones | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Edward Brown Award for Teaching Excellence

• Dr Eduardo Araujo Oliveira | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Edward Brown Award for Teaching Excellence

• Dr Zhen Shi | Faculty of Business and Economics

Norman Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Educational Programs

• The Centre for Digital Transformation of Health – Dr Sathana Dushyanthen, Dr Kayley Lyons, Professor Wendy Chapman, Dr Douglas Pires, Dr Daniel Capurro, Professor Kathleen Gray, Associate Professor Graeme Hart, Meg Perrier, Dr Kit Huckvale, Dr Vlada Rozova, Dr Kara Burns, Jen Morris, Dr Mahima Kalla, Dr Meredith Layton, Associate Professor Brian Chapman | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Norman Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Educational Programs

• Musculoskeletal Team, Physiotherapy – Dr David Kelly, Dr Mark Merolli, Dr Jessica Stander, Ms Chris Frith, Mr Travis Haber, Dr Marilyn Webster, Dr Kim Allison, Dr Antony Chacon, Dr Hasan Ferdous, Ms Bronwyn Tarrant, Dr Nicole Hill, Ms Jessica Lees, Ms Stephanie Hawkins | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology