Lavarack Prize for Cell & Developmental Biology
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Category
- Prize
- Study Area
- Anatomy and Neuroscience
- Fund source
- Non- Trust
About
The Department of Anatomy and Physiology administers four Majors and has made available a prize to the top student in each. The Lavarack Prize is awarded to the highest achieving student in the Cell and Developmental Biology Major.
Benefits
One prize of $500
Disclaimer: The benefit amount for this award is approximate. It will be confirmed at the time of awarding and determined by the committee according to the terms of the award.
Eligibility
Awarded to the student completing a Cell and Developmental Biology Major in any year who has the highest score in the core subject CEDB30002 Concepts in Cell & Developmental Biology, combined with the aggregate scores in the best three elective subjects that contribute to the major.
Selection
Selection is based on academic performance in 3rd year subjects contributing to the major.
Application
No application.
Selection based on results as per the eligibility criteria.
Outcome
Prize winners are notified in Semester One of the following year.
Enquiries
Please contact BiomedSci-AcademicServices@unimelb.edu.au
More information
Who was Dr John Lavarack?
John Ochiltree Lavarack was born in 1914 and graduated MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 1938. In 1939 he became a Resident Medical Officer at the Alfred Hospital and in 1940 he joined the armed forces, reaching the rank of Major as a Specialist Pathologist.
In 1947, accepted an appointment in the Department of Pathology at the University of Melbourne and then with the Department of Anatomy in 1949. He worked with Sir Sydney Sunderland on peripheral nerve injury. He is remembered for his teaching in embryology, where his fine blackboard drawings were famous for aiding his clear explanations of a complex subject. In 1953 he was awarded a CJ Martin Fellowship from the NH&MRC and worked at King's College in London. He completed his PhD in 1953 and was appointed Reader in 1956. He died in 1998.
Dr John Ochiltree Lavarack
Recipient
2021: Samuel Ronfeldt
2020: Yihe Wang
2019: Josephine White
2018: Stanley Hartono
2017: Mitchell Alexander
2016: The joint prize winners were Indah Cox-Livingstone and James Toohey
2015: The joint prize winners were Xin Wang and Ebony Selers
2014: Rachel Brown