MDHS Staff Excellence Awards
Recognising teams and individuals demonstrating excellence in their contributions to our Faculty and the communities we serve
Recognising academic and professional teams and individuals at all levels across our diverse Faculty, including professional staff employed in University shared services supporting our Faculty, our suite of annual excellence awards celebrates staff, not only for what they have achieved, but also for how they have demonstrated our core values.
Our suite also provides 'scaffolding' for teams and individuals to build competitive cases for wider University and external recognition and reward. To this end, many of the awards are directly aligned to the University’s Staff Excellence Awards.
All awards are aligned with our Faculty’s strategic priority areas and core values of collaboration and teamwork, compassion, respect, integrity and accountability.
Teams and staff are strongly encouraged to nominate themselves, a colleague or a team for an award, join in celebrating award recipients, and collectively foster our culture of recognition and reward. Enter the Awards by completing the appropriate nomination form here.
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Send us your feedback and suggestionsDiverse and inclusive awards celebrating values-based excellence
Our annual staff excellence awards recognise values-based excellence demonstrated by continuing, fixed-term and sessional academic and professional teams and staff at all levels across our Faculty, Schools, Departments, Centres and Institutes, including professional staff employed in University shared services providing services to our Faculty.
Awards are available in the following categories:
Strategic Excellence
MDHS Award for Excellence in Indigenous Health Education
MDHS Award for Excellence in Indigenous Health Research
MDHS Award for Excellence in Indigenous Health Engagement
MDHS Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
MDHS Award for Excellence in Mentoring
MDHS Award for Leadership Excellence
MDHS Award for Excellence in Staff Supervision
MDHS Award for Excellence in Internationalisation
Learning and Teaching
MHDS Award for Learning and Teaching Achievement
MDHS Award for Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching
MDHS Award for Program Innovation
Research and Research Training
MDHS Award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher Supervision
MDHS Award for Excellence in Team-Based Research Programs
MDHS Award for Excellence in Industry-Engaged Research
MDHS Award for Excellence in Research by an Early-Career Researcher
Engagement
MDHS Award for Excellence in Engagement—Partnerships Award
MDHS Award for Excellence in Engagement—Public Value Award
Professional Excellence
MDHS Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation
MDHS Award for Outstanding Student Services
Celebrating and supporting award recipients
Our Faculty is investing in award funding to support our great people to do their best work.
Award recipients, whether individuals or teams, will be awarded $5000 to support a project or activity related to the recipient’s career development or work which benefits recipients and our Faculty.
Award recipients will be announced live at an event (pending government restrictions) with the Dean and the Faculty's senior leadership, incorporating the formal award ceremony, which will be held on:
Tuesday 29 November 2022
4.00pm to 6.00pm
Venue TBC (online or outdoors, subject to physical distancing restrictions)
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Send us your feedback and suggestionsNominate for an award following these key dates and step-by-step instructions
Key dates
- Monday 1 August 2022
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9.00AM
Nominations open
- Monday 3 October 2022
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5.00PM
Nominations close
- Tuesday 29 November 2022
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4.00pm to 6.00pm
Award recipients announced live at awards ceremony (online or in person TBC, subject to physical distancing restrictions).
Step-by-step instructions
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Explore the awards
Read the Awards Guidelines, including the:
- Key dates
- These instructions on how to nominate
- Eligibility and selection criteria for the award/s for which you are intending to submit a nomination
View previous award recipients:
- View the honour roll for examples of successful nominations
Discuss the potential:
- Discuss the potential of your nomination for award with your supervisor, mentors and trusted colleagues
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Prepare your nomination
Commence your online nomination form:
Draft your written nomination:
- Include a summary paragraph describing the work for which you are seeking an award (maximum 200 words)
- Include your responses to all relevant selection criteria, as outlined under each award (maximum 2000 words)
Commission and attach two referee statements:
- Include one statement from a referee who may be internal or external to the Faculty and who should be able to comment specifically on the work for which you are submitting for award (maximum 1 A4 page)
- Include one statement from the nominee's Head of Department, Centre or Institute Director; or, for nominees in single-Department Schools, Head of School; or, for nominees in the Faculty directorate or University shared services, portfolio Director or Chief Operating Officer (maximum 1 A4 page)
Prepare and attach a curriculum vitae:
- Include an up-to-date, abbreviated curriculum vitae for the nominee (for individuals, maximum 3 A4 pages)
- Small teams may allow 1 additional page per extra team member (i.e. a team of 3 may have 5 A4 pages [3+2])
- Large teams should submit an enquiry to mdhs-staffawards@unimelb.edu.au for advice on presenting the team's profile
- Include, where you are nominating for a teaching-related award and the described activities include University subjects, a summary of results from the University's Subject Experience Survey and/or Quality of Teaching surveys in all relevant subjects for each of the last two years
Attach a photograph:
- Upload a recent, high-resolution photograph of yourself or, for team-based applications, your team
- In supplying the photograph, you agree to give the Faculty the right to use the photograph for the purpose of the award ceremony and for marketing and communications relating to the Faculty staff excellence awards scheme, including but not limited to publication on the Faculty's internet and intranet pages and inclusion in internal and external newsletters and email communications
- Note nominations for colleagues without their knowledge do not require a photograph
Attach optional supporting material:
- Maximum 5 A4 pages (or equivalent for websites, audio visual material)
- Clarify the reason for including supporting material in your written nomination
- In the case that your supporting material is a website (URL), media file or similar, you should attach these in an accessible format (e.g. MP3, MOV) or provide a link or appropriate information to access the material
Draft optional statement of performance relative to opportunity:
- If you request your nomination be considered relative to opportunity, then you should include a statement outlining the effects of personal circumstances, career interruptions and authorised leave of absences on the quantity, range, rate or consistency of the nominee's contributions and achievements over time
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Submit your nomination
Complete and submit your nomination online:
- Submit your completed nomination online by 5.00pm on Monday 3 October 2022
- Note the online nomination form strictly enforces word limits, and page limits must be adhered to—additional pages will not be considered by the selection committee
- Note all nominations are confidential.
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Celebrating outstanding,
values-based contributions
Our suite of annual excellence awards celebrate our staff, not only for what they have achieved, but also for how they have demonstrated our core values.
Teams and staff across our Faculty are strongly encouraged to nominate themselves, a colleague or a team for an award. Hear some of our previous award winners as they talk about the application process, what the recognition meant to them and why they recommend applying.
A full list of MDHS Staff Exellence Awards recipients can be found on our Honour Roll.
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Professor Meredith Temple-Smith
Meet the 2020 recipient for Outstanding Graduate Researcher Supervision award
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Indigenous Eye Health team
Meet the 2020 recipients of the Excellence in Indigenous Health award
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The Doherty Institute Communications Team
Meet the 2020 recipients of the Excellence in Engagement—Public Value award
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Learning and Teaching Unit
Meet the 2020 recipients of the Outstanding Student Services award
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Professor Cathy Humphreys
Meet the 2019 recipient of the Excellence in a Research Team award
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Amy Bugeja
Meet the 2019 recipient of the Excellence in Engagement award
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Dr Megan Sharp
Meet the 2019 recipient of the Excellence Award for Diversity and Inclusion
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Associate Professor Lianne Schmaal
Meet the 2019 recipient of the Award for Excellence in Internationalisation
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National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Meet the 2019 recipient of Excellence in Engagement award
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Dr Snezana Kusljic
Meet the 2019 recipient of the Award for Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching
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Send us your feedback and suggestionsCongratulations to all staff whose outstanding, values-based contributions have been recognised in 2021
Award recipients were announced live at an online awards ceremony with the Dean and the Faculty's senior leadership on Monday 29 November 2021
Learning and Teaching
MDHS Award for Learning and Teaching Achievement
Dr Michelle Rank
Department of Anatomy and Physiology,
School of Biomedical Sciences,
For excellence in inspiring lifelong passion for anatomy, combining technology-driven curriculum with human-centred approach to learning design
MDHS Award for Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Dr Kwang Cham
Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences
Melbourne School of Health Sciences
For excellence in engaging and shaping the next generation of health professionals through innovative and distinctive curriculum
MDHS Award for Program Innovation
Joanne Bolton
Dr Ngaree Blow
Professor Elizabeth Molloy
Madelyn Hudson-Buhagiar
Associate Professor Anthea Cochrane
Associate Professor Louisa Remedios
Dr Karen Donald
Naomi Norris
Tamara Clements
Associate Professor Lilon Bandler
Heather Buttigieg
Sue Durham
Dr Peter Carew
Dr Samantha Byrne
Dr Jemma Skeat
Dr Nicole Hill
Donya Eghrari
Melbourne Medical School, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne Dental School, School of Biomedical Sciences and the Faculty's LIME Network
For excellence in developing an integrated Ways of Knowing in Healthcare program in First Nations health and collaborative practice, through an interprofessional team of First Nations and non-Indigenous educators
Professional Excellence
MDHS Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation
FAN Network
represented by
Jelena Hendricks
Thomas Cougan
Grace Birch
Priya Chand
Nury Emniyet
Jan Mariani
Sarah Marcola
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
For excellence in fostering the professional development and networking of professional staff across our Faculty
MDHS Award for Outstanding Student Services
Health and Wellbeing Practitioner team
Danielle Clayman
Hannah Sloan
Lisa Power
Tim Adam
Department of Medical Education and Department of Rural Health
Melbourne Medical School
For excellence in providing intensive mental health support for medical students on placement throughout Victoria
Engagement
MDHS Award for Excellence in Engagement - Partnerships
Professor Nathan Grills
Nossal Institute for Global Health
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
For excellence in establishing an India-Australia Disability Research Initiative
MDHS Award for Excellence in Engagement - Public Value
Professor Tony Blakely
Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
For excellence in widespread community engagement on COVID-19 policy
Research and Research Training
MDHS Award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher Supervision
Professor Bruce Campbell
Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital,
Melbourne Medical School
For excellence in inspirational supervision, positively influencing and motivating students and creating opportunities for the next generation to forge their own, independent research careers
MDHS Award for Excellence in Team-Based Research Programs
COVID Immunity team
Professor Stephen Kent
Professor Katherine Kedzierska
Professor Kanta Subbarao
Dr Adam Wheatley
Dr Jennifer Juno
Dr Amy Chung
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, WHO Influenza Centre, School of Biomedical Sciences
For excellence in collaborative research on immune protection from COVID-19, influencing the global response to the pandemic and vaccine roll-out
MDHS Award for Excellence in Research by an Early-Career Researcher
Dr Samantha Bunzli
Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Medical School
For excellence in advancing patient-centred care in orthopaedics
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Dr Dinh Bui
Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
For excellence in influential research on lung function and obstructive lung diseases
Strategic Excellence
MDHS Award for Excellence in Indigenous Education
Dr Raylene Nixon
Gwenda Freeman
Department of Rural Health
Melbourne Medical School
For excellence in enabling Indigenous leadership and ownership in higher education, empowering the next generation of leaders in Aboriginal health
MDHS Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Dr Hui-Fern Koay
Dr Claudia Marck
Dr Ankur Singh
Dr Trevor Steward
George Taiaroa
Dr Courtney Walton
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne Dental School, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences and Centre for Youth Mental Health
For excellence in collaboratively developing scalable solutions to workplace challenges faced by early career researchers
MDHS Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Professor Rana Hinman
Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences
For excellence in values-based mentoring, successfully developing the research capacity and careers of others across the Faculty
MDHS Award for Leadership Excellence
Associate Professor Kim Dalziel
Health Economics Unit, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
For excellence in the values-based development of others and advancement of the Faculty, serving as a role model to staff and students
MDHS Award for Excellence in Staff Supervision
Associate Professor Jan Hodgson
Department of Paediatrics, Melbourne Medical School
For excellence in values-based leadership of a collaborative, supportive and respectful team, fostering the career progression of individual members and enabling team-based high performance
MDHS Award for Excellence in Internationalism
kNOwVAWdata course team
Associate Professor Kristin Diemer
Associate Professor Cathy Vaughan
Joanne Rowe
Larissa Fogden
Jasmin Isobe
Genevieve Walker
Dr Anneliese Spiteri-Staines
Melbourne School of Health Sciences and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
For excellence in designing and delivering the kNOwVAWdata course, building global capacity for rigorous and ethical research on violence against women
MDHS Dean's Award
Professor Lena Sanci
Professor Jodie McVernon
Professor Kirsty Buising
Professor Nancy Baxter
Associate Professor Matt Spittal
Professor Margaret Kelaher
Professor Ben Howden
Associate Professor Margie Danchin
Dr Katherine Gibney
Dr Mark Davies
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne Medical School and School of Biomedical Sciences
For excellence in outstanding service to the Faculty and University through the Public Health Advisory Group
Celebrating and supporting award recipients
Our Faculty is investing in award funding to support our great people to do their best work.
Award recipients, whether teams or individuals, were awarded $5,000 to support a project or activity related to their career development or work of benefit to our Faculty and the recipient.
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