Dr Kate Scrivener, Dr Verity Pacey and Associate Professor Taryn Jones

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Last week we saw the Academic Staff Awards held as we celebrated the achievements of many outstanding members of our community.

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For the first time, and acknowledging the nexus between teaching and research, both staff and students came together to honour the highly-commended finalists and winners for both the Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards and the Research Excellence Awards.

Professor Sherman Young, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) expressed his congratulations to the winning group and thanked them for their tireless dedication to teaching.

“I’m proud of the collaboration and innovation demonstrated by our award-winning colleagues across the University,” he said.

“Outstanding teaching and research will continue to enhance our students’ journeys to futures beyond the classroom.”

In a truly inspirational achievement, two of our academics – Dr Kira Westaway and Associate Professor Kerry Sherman – received an award in both the Learning and Teaching and Research categories.

“Both Kira and Kerry demonstrate the nexus between teaching and research and show us that you can excel in both areas,” said Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).

“Moving forward with the Academic Staff Awards, I anticipate we will celebrate more academics who are black belts in teaching and research.”

Congratulations to all 2017 winners.

Learning and Teaching Awards

STUDENT-LED AWARD

• Faculty of Arts – Dr Govand Azeez, Julian Dight, Dr Christopher Forbes
• Faculty of Business and Economics – Prashan Shayanka Mendis Karunaratne, Dr Liyu He, Alex Belli
• Faculty of Human Sciences – Dr Anita Szakay, Annette Magee, Mandy Yeates
• Faculty of Medicine and Health Science – Dr Mark Butlin, Dr Liz Schroeder, Associate Professor Taryn Jones
• Faculty of Science and Engineering – Matthew Mansour

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S CITATION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO STUDENT LEARNING

• Dr Matthew Bailey – Innovative flipped classroom curricula for diverse student cohorts enrolled across multiple, integrated modes of delivery
• Dr Karen Pearlman and Dr Iqbal Barkat – Facilitating student engagement, collaboration, communication and employability in screen production through a blend of intensive, online, student-led activities and face-to-face learning and teaching.
• Jean-Christophe Froissard, Professor Deborah Richards, Amara Atif and Dr Danny Liu – Innovative learning analytics solution that enhance the learning and teaching student experience.
• Dr LayPeng Tan – Excellence in designing and delivering innovative and connected curricula that transforms students and their learning journey.
• Associate Professor Kerry Sherman, Dr Sue Ferguson, Dr Jessica Alcorso, Christopher Kilby, Michael Rampe and Michael Catabay – Providing an online, interactive and contextually-rich learning environment for undergraduates in the applied discipline of Health Psychology
• Dr Kate Scrivener – Creating an authentic learning environment integrating evidence and professional experiences to enhance future physiotherapists’ management of individuals with complex neurological conditions.
• Dr Kira Westaway – Reigniting student curiosity for Earth science by creating effective learning environments that support different learning styles and positively impact the student experience.

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE LEARNING

• PACE International – Strengthens student employability and professional capabilities, while enabling them to become active and thoughtful global citizens. It provides undergraduate students from any discipline the opportunity to contribute to the work of an international community development organisation.

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE

• Dr Jana Lay-Hwa Bowden, Faculty of Business and Economics
• Prashan Shayanka Mendis Karunaratne, Faculty of Business and Economics
• Dr Wayne Warburton, Faculty of Human Sciences
• Dr Verity Pacey, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Excellence Awards

EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH

• Humanities, Business and Social Sciences – Dr Nathan Caruana – The Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Joint Attention: A Second Person Approach
• Medicine, Science and Engineering – Dr Louise Kristensen – Identification and measurement of contemporary sources and exposure risks from lead emissions and depositions in Australia

EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

• Professor Paul Haynes

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR

• Humanities, Business and Social Sciences – Dr Carly Johnco – Using mechanisms of anxiety to improve treatment
• Medicine, Science and Engineering – Dr Chris Reid – Understanding biological complex systems

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: FUTURE-SHAPING RESEARCH PRIORITIES

• Healthy People – Associate Professor Kerry Sherman – BRECONDA – a clinician resource to assist with surgical decision making in the breast cancer context
• Resilient Societies – Professor Kathryn Millard – Reinterpreting Milgram’s Obedience Studies via Documentary Film
• Prosperous Economies – Professor Mark Wiggins – Using Cue Utilisation to Measure Diagnostic Skills in Applied Industrial Settings
• Secure Planet – Dr Kira Westaway – Dating the events that define our humanity
• Innovative Technologies – Associate Professor Rich Mildren – Diamond Lasers: A Disruptive New Technology for Industry and Defence

THE JIM PIPER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH LEADERSHIP

• Associate Professor Melanie Bishop

2017 Distinguished Professors

• Michael Gillings
• Michelle Leishman
• Nicolle Packer
• Bill Thompson
• Michael Withford

Stay tuned next week as we shine a spotlight on our new Distinguished Professors.