2017 HMS Early Career Research Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the Faculty’s 2017 Early Career Research Excellence Awards:

• Dr Seyhan Yazar: 2017 Dean’s Early Career Research Excellence Award 
• Dr Gina Trapp: 2017 Early Career Research Excellence Award
• Dr Vinutha Shetty: 2017 Early Career Researcher Best Publication Award 
• Dr Zaza Lyons: 2017 Early Career Researcher Most Cited Publication Award 

2017 HMS Research Grants Scheme for Early Career Researchers

Congratulations to the successful applicants of the faculty’s 2017 Research Grants Scheme for Early Career Researchers:

• Dr Gabrielle Brand: Depth of field: exploring stroke recovery
• Dr Chan Cheah: Immuno-flowFISH for treatment decisions in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
• Dr Jonathan Chee: Analysis of T cell diversity in mouse models of cancer
• Dr Junjie Gao: Glucocoticoid induced sclerostion by mTOR mediated autophagy is osteocytes
• Dr Belinda Guo: Platelets as cancer biomarkers
• Dr Jarrad Hall: Application of flow cytometry assisted susceptibility testing to blood cultures and urine specimens
• Dr Jua Iwasaki: Leveraging the host immune response: a new path for antibacterical drugs
• Dr Erin Kelty: Reproductive and sexual health in drug dependant women treated with naltrexone
• Dr Samantha Lee: WA Atropine for the treatment of Myopia (WA ATOM) pilot. Extension study
• Dr Tao Wang: Akt activation by uni-axial mechanical stimulation is essential for tendon homeostasis
• Dr Jenny Wang: Liver fibrosis quantification for the prediction of long term clinical outcomes and survival in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease