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Two researchers from The University of Western Australia, including a Deputy Vice-Chancellor, were this month recognised on the international stage for their ground-breaking work on human lactation.

UWA Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Robyn Owens and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Professor Peter Hartmann were presented with the prestigious Rank Prize for Nutrition.

The award, which includes $137,000 (£80,000) prize money, was presented at the Royal College of Physicians in London, in recognition of research on human lactation, including methods for the non-invasive measurement of the rate of milk secretion.

The Rank Prize Funds were established in 1972 by the late Lord Rank to encourage a greater understanding of the sciences of nutrition and optoelectronics which he believed would be of special interest to mankind.

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Professor Peter Hartmann (+61 8)  6488 3327
Professor Robyn Owens (+61 8)  6488 2460
Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 5563  /  (+61 4) 32 637 716