Award ceremony at ANU

Awards & prizes

Discover excellence and celebrate achievements

We honour those who have made remarkable contributions to medical research. These prestigious internal and external awards and prizes recognise exceptional performance, academic brilliance, and devoted service, and inspire a culture of innovation and collaboration in pursuit of excellence in research and education.


Recent awards

Elizabeth Webb
CHARM Rising Star Awards (2025)


Dr Elizabeth Webb and Dr Tom Lea-Henry from the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have been honoured with the inaugural CHARM Rising Star - Outstanding New Researcher Awards.

Tom Lea-Henry
CHARM Rising Star Awards (2025)


Dr Elizabeth Webb and Dr Tom Lea-Henry from the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have been honoured with the inaugural CHARM Rising Star - Outstanding New Researcher Awards.

Dr Tienan Xu

The thesis achieves a transformative synergy between optical imaging and bio-fabrication to pioneer high-speed volumetric screening/printing for 3D tissue models. The thesis addresses critical bottlenecks in pharmaceutical testing, establishing a new standard for the next generation of drug discovery platforms.

All awards

Dr Abhimanu Pandey was awarded the Dewar-Milne Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of Immunology in 2022.

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Dr Adrian Cioanca was awarded the Frank Fenner Medal for the outstanding PhD thesis in 2022.

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Dr Anne Steins and Dr Olga Zaytseva received the JCSMR Gender Equity Fund in 2022.

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Dr Anukriti Mathur was awarded The Frank Fenner Medal for the research on microbial activators of the inflammasome.

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Dr Amandeep Kaur and Dr Yvette Wooff received The JCSMR Gender Equity Fund.

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