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The Frank Fenner Medal
The Frank Fenner Medal is awarded annually for the most outstanding PhD thesis submitted in The John Curtin School of Medical Research at The Australian National University. The award consists of a medal and a monetary prize. The purpose of the Frank Fenner medal is to encourage PhD students in the School to strive for excellence. The Medal is one of the few prizes to reward outstanding achievement at such an early career stage.
2021
Dr Anukriti Mathur
Microbial activators of the inflammasome
2020
2019
2018
No award
2017
Dr Ilenia Papa
2016
Dr Daniel Hu
2015
Dr Deepthi Menon
2014
Dr Amy Hanna
2013
Dr Candice Lee
Understanding pathogenic and physiological T follicular helper cell formation
2012
Dr John Altin
On the regulation of T helper Type 2 (Th2) responses
2010
Dr Katrina Randall
Immunodeficiency caused by DOCK8 mutation in Primurus mice
2009
Dr Michelle Linterman
Roquin controls germinal center formation and tolerance
2008
Dr Johannes J. Letzkus
Mechanisms governing information processing at unitary synaptic connections in the neocortex
2007
Dr Di Yu
Biomarkers of T cell help to germinal centre B cells
2006
Dr Amanda de Mestre
Regulation of heparanase transcription
2005
Dr Adrian Liston
Genetic lesions in thymus-aquired self tolerance
2004
Dr Allison Jones
Functional studies of histidine-rich glycoprotein
2003
Dr Ming Yang
Molecular mechanisms regulating eosinophil migration and airways
2002
Dr Francis Willard
Functional roles of growth factor receptor signal transduction pathways
2001
Dr Jade Forwood
Importin b-mediated nuclear import pathways for DNS-binding proteins
2000
Dr Anna Reynolds
Molecular mechanisms regulating the retrograde axonal transport of neurotrophic factors
1999
Dr Sabine Piller
Structure function studies of virus protein R from human immunodeficiency virus-1
1998
Dr Cheryl Wise
Comparative molecular genetics of humans and chimpanzees
1997
Dr Simon Hogan
Role of cytokines in the regulation of allergic airways inflammation
1996
Dr Michael Grimm
Recruitment of leukocytes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - affected mucosa
1995
Dr Tracy Hale
Regulation of the mouse p53 promoter
