Awards and achievements

View highlights from awards and achievements below and on HaBS News.

2019

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson (HaBS), Mr Sam Harris (HaBS), Ms Jessica Tsai (HaBS), Ms Elizabeth Wardrop, Ms Ailsa Dickie, Mr Nathan La Burniy, Mr Victor Ho and Dr Sam McKenzie.
- ePortfolio project: UQ Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning
Associate Professor Neil Cottrell (HaBS) (team includes HaBS staff – Alecia James, Dr Norman Ng, Sam Harris, Katie Martell and Jessica Tsai) - Operation outbreak: Escape rooms for developing interprofessional communication, team building and conflict management skills, UQ Teaching Innovation Grant
Dr Benjamin Barry, Faculty of Medicine (Associate Professor Neil Cottrell a team member) - Building Digital Literacy and interprofessional learning of health professional students by embedding teaching cases in an electronic medical record, UQ Teaching Innovation Grant

School of Dentistry

Dr Arosha Weerakoon, School of Dentistry
- Winner 2019 Universities Australia Pitch it Clever competition

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Professor Paul Hodges
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Professor Louise Hickson et al
- UQ 2019 Partners in Research Excellence Commendation (with Sonova Pty Ltd)
Professor Deb Theodoros
- Life Membership of Speech Pathology Australia
Dr Allison Mandrusiak, Dr Roma Forbes & Ms Katrina Williams
- Australian Financial Review Higher Education award for Student Learning for the Physiotherapy Standardised Practice Program
Dr David Klyne
- 2019 Fulbright Scholarship
Associate Professor Jodie Copley
- UQ Awards for Teaching Excellence
Dr Anna Hatton
- UQ Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Tim Barlott
- UQ Commendations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Dr Anna Rumbach
- National AAUT Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Dr Allison Mandrusiak, Dr Roma Forbes, Katrina Williams
- Physiotherapy Standardised Patients Program, Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards, Learning Experience category

School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

Professor Murray Phillips
- International Fellow of the American (National) Academy of Kinesiology
Associate Professor Sean Tweedy et al
- UQ 2019 Partners in Research Excellence Commendation (with International Paralympic Committee)
Professor Glen Lichtwark
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship
Dr Eimear Enright, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences and Associate Professor Kelly Matthews, Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation
- Embedding high-quality feedback and assessment practices that engage students as partners in the classroom, UQ Teaching Innovation Grant

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work

Professor Sue Kildea (Former staff)
- Research Australia Health Services Award for maternity care for Indigenous women

School of Pharmacy

Associate Professor Irina Vetter, School of Pharmacy and IMB
- UQ 2019 Excellence in HDR Student Supervision
Dr Hang Ta, School of Pharmacy and AIBN
- NHF Emerging Leaders Fellowship from the National Heart Foundation
- (late) Paul Korner innovation award ($20K) for the highest-ranked application in Australia.

School of Psychology

Professor Barbara Masse
- UQ 2019 Partners in Research Excellence Award (with Red Cross Blood Service)
Associate Professor Blake McKimmie, Professor Barbara Masser & Professor Mark Horswill
- EdX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning for CRIME101X: The Psychology of Criminal Justice
Dr Tim Ballard
- Australian Psychological Society’s Early Career Award
Dr Melissa Day
- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Paul Bourke Award
Professor Matt Sanders
- The Australian 2019 Research magazine award recipient: Australia’s top researcher in the field of family studies.

Research Centres

Professor Stephen Birch, Centre for the Business & Economics of Health
- 2019 International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Distinguished Scientist Award for Behavioural, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research.
Dr Catherine Quinn, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research
- Recipient of two national early career researcher awards (Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs; Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy)

Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning awards went to Grace Atkinson (HMNS), Grace Kirby (Psychology) and Maree Maloney (SHRS) with commendation going to Dr Kristen Tulloch (HaBS) for excellence in tutoring/demonstration; Dr Roma Forbes (Early Career Citation) (SHRS), Liz Springfield (SHRS), Paul Treschman (Early Career Citation) (HMNS)for Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning Award; Dentistry Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Team- Dr Emma Bartle (Team Leader), Cheryl Chin and Jia Ru Toh for Programs That Enhance Learning Award and Dr Norman Ng (HaBS) for Teaching Excellence Award.

Academic

Research

Research awards went to Dr Gary Chan (CYSAR), Dr Jenny Setchell (SHRS) for Early Career Research Excellence Awards; Dr Alina Morawska (Psychology) and Professor Laurence Walsh AO (Dentistry) for the Higher Degree Research Supervision Awards; Dr Annie Hill (SHRS) and Professor Mark Horswill (Psychology) for the Research Translation Awards; and Professor Jason Connor (CYSAR) and Professor Jenny Ziviani (SHRS) for the Research Mentorship Awards

Professional

Professional staff awards went to Kirsty Harris (Faculty/Dentistry) and Taryn Krynauw (Psychology) for the Customer Service Award, Stacey Vogel (Psychology) for the Leadership award, Rachelle Croton (Psychology) with commendations going to Amy Hunter (Faculty) and Cheryl Byrnes (Psychology) for the Above and Beyond Award awards; and the Dentistry Preclinical Team (Bobbie Jennings, Leah Beaupeaur and Eddie Gullotta for the Team Work Award.