Strategic Excellence

MDHS Award for Excellence in Indigenous Education

Aunty Barbara Wingard
Tileah Drahm-Butler
Dr David Denborough
Dr David Rose
Cheryl White
Kylie Dowse
Aunty Deb Bowman
Katie Christensen
Paul Herbert
Aunty Patricia Kemp
Ian Maund
Danita Martin
Larissa Minniecon
Aunty Robyn Moylan
Joseph Oui
Karl Rashleigh
Janneen Wanganeen
Rachel Whiteman

Department of Social Work,
Melbourne School of Health Sciences

For excellence in collaboration and teamwork between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous Faculty through the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work

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Josh Cubillo

Indigenous Development

For excellence in the design and development of the
Ngurra-Jarrddjak winter school program,
increasing Indigenous post-graduate student numbers across the Faculty

MDHS Award for Excellence in Indigenous Health

Melbourne Laureate Professor Hugh Taylor AC
Mitchell Anjou AM
Walter Bathern
Jordan Bryan
Rachael Ferguson
Rosamond Gilden
Dr Guy Gillor
Karl Hampton
Fiona Lange
Lesley Martin
Dr Tessa Saunders
Nick Schubert
Emma Stanford
Nick Wilson
Carol Wynne

Indigenous Eye Health, Centre for Health Equity,
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

For excellence in sustained translational research, significantly improving
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health outcomes in Australia

MDHS Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion

Dr Asiel Adan Sanchez

Department of General Practice,
Melbourne Medical School

For excellence in research, community-based initiatives and advocacy
furthering the education of health professionals on LGBTQI health

MDHS Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Associate Professor Michelle Dowsey

Department of Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital,
Melbourne Medical School

For excellence impactful, values-based mentoring,
building capacity and supporting emerging talents in the field of orthopaedics

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Associate Professor Matthew Spittal

Centre for Mental Health,
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

For excellence in inspiring, tailored and
values-based mentoring across a range of research areas

MDHS Award for Leadership Excellence

Shawana Andrews

Poche Centre

For excellence in driving Indigenous development across the Faculty and
role-modelling our Faculty’s values

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Lindsay Karakiozakis

People and Culture

For excellence in the development of others, role-modelling our
Faculty’s values and supporting the University’s COVID-19 response

MDHS Award for Excellence in Internationalisation

Dr Anita Horvath

Department of Medical Education,
Melbourne Medical School

For excellence in innovative international partnerships,
delivering expanded clinical research training for future international
health leaders in both Australia and Indonesia

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Dr Kelley Graydon
Chris Waterworth

Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology,
Melbourne School of Health Sciences

For excellence in designing and delivering an international placement program,
providing Master of Clinical Audiology students with global perspectives and
experiences in clinical audiology and health care

Learning and Teaching

Award for Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Dr Abi Brooker

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

For excellence in a developmental approach to teaching,
enhancing student wellbeing in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

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Associate Professor Jason Ivanusic

Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience,
School of Biomedical Sciences

For excellence in innovative teaching practices, driving active learning of anatomy and
inspiring students in the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Biomedicine

Award for Learning and Teaching Achievement

Dr Clare McNally

Melbourne Dental School

For excellence in modernising the dental hygiene curriculum,
building community and collaboration to enable students to tell the story of their learning

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Dr Rosa McCarty
Dr Saw Hoon Lim
Associate Professor Terry Mulhern
Dr Alice Rota-Bartelink

Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Biomedical Sciences and
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

For excellence in interdisciplinary collaboration to develop graduate attributes,
transferable skills and life-long learning in the Bachelor of Biomedicine

Award for Program Innovation

Dr Charlotte Denniston
Dr Lisa Cheshire
Naomi Norris
Neville Chiavaroli
Associate Professor Stephen Lew

Department of Medical Education,
Melbourne Medical School

For excellence in a whole-of-course and team approach to
promoting professional practice throughout the MD

Professional Excellence

MDHS Award for Professional Excellence and Innovation

Campus Reactivation Working Group and
Local Implementation Contributions,
led by Belinda Bain

Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

For excellence in a team-based and collaborative approach to the
Faculty's Campus Reactivation Working group, planning, coordinating and operationalising
the safe return of staff to campus-based activity in 2020

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Sarah Marcola

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Melbourne Medical School

For excellence in values-based contributions and achievements,
enhancing the overall functioning of the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology and the MD student experience

MDHS Award for Outstanding Student Services

Learning and Teaching Unit,
led by Kim Stevenson

Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

For excellence in sustained, team-based professional services
enhancing the student experience across the student lifecycle,
including innovation, dedication and commitment to reducing
the impact of COVID-19 on students across the Faculty

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Helen D'Cruz

Department of Paediatrics, Melbourne Medical School

For excellence in dedicated service, values-based teamwork and behind-the-scenes innovative leadership, creating high-quality student experiences

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.