2024 Winners

Congratulations to all the 2024 University of Melbourne Excellence Awards recipients. A ceremony to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of this year’s winners will be held in the Old Quad on 4 December 2024.

Professional Excellence Awards

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

  • Andrew Normand, Business Services.

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

  • Bianca Williams, Faculty of Arts.

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

  • Medical Research Future Fund Initiatives Team – Dr Jon Gooi, Ms Amanda Jones, Mrs. Keshia Arbour, Ms Catherine Nobes, Ms Alison Campbell, Dr Christina Vrahnas, Research, Innovation and Commercialisation.

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

  • Secure Research Environment Implementation Team – Dr Helena Lynn, Dr Hywel Stoakes, Dr Kimberley D’Costa, Alan Palser, Nic Forde, Remo Giaquinta, Robert McIntosh, Ana May Nuguid, Research, Innovation and Commercialisation and Business Services.

Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

  • Wellbeing Literacy Campaign Team – Renee de Silva, Emily Sheehan, Jeannie Gorrie, Leanne Ngo, Emily Silvester, Donna Kelly, Katie Neumann, Matt Bernard, Megan Jacobs, Angeline Chan, Student and Scholarly Services and Office of the Provost.

Gerry Barretto Awards for Outstanding Student Services

  • Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Team – Orania Tokatlidis, Allison Macdonald, Kate Harman, Sarah Tay, Lana Vallely, Sofie Longhurst, Ally Hughes, Bridget Moller, Ceylan Celen, Clare Kentmann, Daniel Costin, Effie Chen, Harry Hsieh, Jean Popomilkov, Lua Bruckhoff, Rebecca Gomo, Rod Latorre, Sanaz Saeedahmadi, Stephen Gault, Tamara Coupe, Yuyang Liu, Catherine Serpell, Denis Hamilton, Mark Brosas, Pinar Thorn, Travis Addison, Student and Scholarly Services.

Gerry Barretto Awards for Outstanding Student Services

  • Future Students Team – Dr Davina Potts, William Khammy, Andrew Barrow, Ivan Hasjim, Verdi Arli, Daniela Cirocco, Student and Scholarly Services.

Bronwyn Jane Adams Memorial Award

  • Melbourne Indigenous Professional Employment Program Team – Mrs Julie Matricardi-Old, Lucy Powell, Office of the Provost.

Bronwyn Jane Adams Memorial Award

  • Erin Hunter, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Research Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence in Enabling Research

  • Melbourne Data Analytics Platform Team – Associate Professor Nic Geard, Amanda Belton, Kim Doyle, Dr Noel Faux, Dr Emily Fitzgerald, Zaher Joukhadar, Dr Stuart Lee, Dr Damien Mannion, Dr Gabriele Marini, Jeremy Metha, Dr Aleks Michalewicz, Dr Mel Mistica, Dr Simon Mutch, Priyanka Nair-Turkich, Usha Nattala, Ensiyeh Javaherian Pour, Dr Mar Quiroga, Marlaina Read, Dr Daniel Russo-Batterham, Alex Shermon, Kabir M. Shrestha, Dr Andrew Siebel, Dr Edoardo Tescari, Karen Thompson, Dr Robert Turnbull, Geordie Zhang, Catherine Zhao, Chancellery Research and Enterprise.

Award for Excellence in Enabling Research

  • Biological Optical Microscopy PlatformTeam – Paul McMillan, Ellie Hyun-Jung Cho, Gabriela Segal, Kalyan Shobhana, Sangwon Yoo, Madel Tutor, Lu-Yi Wang, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Award for Excellence in Graduate Researcher Supervision

  • Professor Rachel Nordlinger, Faculty of Arts.

Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research

  • Dr Michelle Blom, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.

Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements

  • Associate Professor Maria Recalde, Faculty of Business and Economics.

Award for Excellence in Research Programs with External Organisations

  • Dr Gemma McKibbin, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Teaching Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence and Innovation in Indigenous Higher Education

  • First Nations, Health Promotion & Equity Teaching Team – Ellie White, Sarah Large, Nikkei Simon, Dr Rachel Toovey, Molly Kennedy, Dr Brooke Conley, Sarah Maley, Jessica Lees, Dr Free Coulston, Dr David Kelly, Dr Kim Allison, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Barbara Falk Award for Teaching Excellence

  • Dr Emily Rochette, Faculty of Education.

David White Award for Teaching Excellence

  • Dr Anurika Priyanjali De Silva, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Edward Brown Award for Teaching Excellence

  • Dr Shaanan Cohney, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.

Norman Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Educational Programs

  • Ian Malkin Centre for Legal Academic Skills Team - Associate Professor Chantal Morton, Cassandra Seery, Dr Johanna Commins, Dr Toerien van Wyk, Samantha Hinderling, Sharon Reading, Amity Clayfield, Jolin Bao, Melbourne Law School.

Norman Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Educational Programs

  • Audiology Teaching Team - Dr Kelley Graydon, Associate Professor Dani Tomlin, Dr Peter Carew, Patrick Bowers, Dr Lauren Story, Dr Grace Nixon, Sarah Swann, Dr Donella Chisari, Associate Professor Bryony Nayagam, Dr Julien Zanin, Dominic Power, Dr Chris Waterworth, Dr Michelle Todorov, Jocelyn Phillips, Lucy Shiels, Alexandra Walchhuetter, Cindy Haidar, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Global, Place and Community Excellence Awards

Award for Excellence in Building and Strengthening Student Diversity

  • Safer Spaces Team – Ms Jessica Lees, Dr Free Coulston, Dr Rachel Toovey, Dr Kim Allison, Dr Kath Sellick, Associate Professor Selina Parry, Professor Catherine Granger, Dr Megan Sharp, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Award for Excellence in Building Student Connection and Belonging

  • Dr Laura Dooley, Faculty of Science.

Award for Excellence in Indigenous Collaborations

  • Indigenous Health Team – Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs, Mr George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Ms Ruth Gulamanda Dhurrkay, Dr Rosalind Beadle, Dr Sarah Hanieh, Dr Hasthi Dissanayake, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Award for Excellence in Indigenous Collaborations

  • Yarning Circle Team – Dr Grace Nixon, Anne-Marie Banfield, Dr Kelley Graydon, Sowmya Rao, Associate Professor Anthea Cochrane, Kadadjiny, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Award for Excellence in Place-based Initiatives

  • Arts-Rich Translanguaging Pedagogy Lab Team – Associate Professor Julie Choi, Dr Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens, Ms Anna Dollard, Dr Mary Tomsic, Faculty of Education.

Award for Excellence in Place-based Initiatives

  • Dr Chelsea Hyde, Faculty of Education.

Award for Excellence in Community-based Initiatives

  • Melbourne Indigenous STEM Education Program - Ellen Tunumafono, Faculty of Science.

Award for Excellence in Global Collaborations

  • Dr Rhonda Di Biase, Faculty of Education.

Award for Excellence in Global Collaborations

  • kNOwVAWdata Team – Associate Professor Kristin Diemer, Professor Cathy Vaughan, Jess Letch, Dr Heshani De Silva, Viviana Sastre Gomez, Jasmin Isobe, Sarah Bergman, Jess Kirwan, Isabel Chung, Genevieve Walker, Social Work placement student, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Patricia Grimshaw Award for Mentor Excellence

  • Dr Shannon Andrew Rios, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.