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

Abhimanu Pandey
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)

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

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

All awards

Dr Jonathan Roco was awarded The Frank Fenner Medal.

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The Dewar-Milne Prize in Immunology was awarded to Dr Pablo Fernandez De Canete Nieto.

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Associate Professor Michelle Banfield has been awarded the 2019 John James Foundation Tony Ayers Award for Excellence in Research in Translational Medicine.

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Dr Angad Johar wins the Dewar-Milne Prize in Immunology for 2018.

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Associate Professor Di Yu received the John James Foundation Tony Ayers Award for his work in translational medicine in 2018.

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