Award ceremony at ANU

Awards & prizes

We’re proud of the talented people within our community. Explore outstanding performance, academic achievements, and exceptional service.

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

Abhimanu Pandey
The Dewar-Milne Prize in Immunology

The Dewar-Milne Prize in Immunology

Dr Abhimanu Pandey was awarded the Dewar-Milne Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of Immunology in 2022.
The Tony Ayers Award (2022)

The Tony Ayers Award

Professor Mark Polizzotto is the 2022 recipient of the Tony Ayers Award for Excellence in Research in Translational Medicine.

Dr Olga Zaytseva
The JCSMR Gender Equity Fund

The JCSMR Gender Equity Fund

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

All awards

The Dewar-Milne Prize in Immunology

Dr Henry Sutton was awarded the Dewar-Milne Prize in Immunology for his research on Single cell analysis of B cell responses to Malaria.

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The Frank Fenner Medal

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

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The JCSMR Gender Equity Fund

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

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The Tony Ayers Award (2021)

Professor Philip Batterham is the 2021 Winner of the Tony Ayers Award for Excellence in Research and Translational Medicine.

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The Frank Fenner Medal

Dr Hayley McNamara was awarded The Frank Fenner Medal. 

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