Research & Teaching Quality
The ANU College of Medicine & Health Sciences is proud of its research and teaching achievements.
We have award winning teachers…
“For leadership in teaching through a sustained record of innovation in enquiry-based learning and assessment, and for creation of a supportive learning environment.”
Professor Rosemary Martin 2006 Carrick Citation
“You Know Your Graduates are Cognitively Competent but are they Professionally Capable?”
2006 Carrick Award for Programs that Enhance Learning to Professor Cathy Owen, Dr Gerry Corrigan, A/Prof. Wayne Ramsey
Professor Jane Dahlstrom 2007 Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence
A History of Internationally Renowned Researchers …..
Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963
The elucidation of mechanisms of transmission of signals in the nervous system.
Peter Bishop, Australia Prize 1993
Professor Bishop provided increased understanding of people's ability to see in three dimensions
Peter Doherty & Rolf Zinkernagel
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996. The discovery of the role of the major histocompatibility complex.
Frank Fenner , Japan Prize 1988,
Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2002
Professor Frank Fenner is well known for his work with viruses and for his part in the global eradication of smallpox.
Current Federation and Australia Fellows…..
Trevor Lamb’s primary research interest is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying phototransduction and adaptation - the conversion of light into a neural signal, and subsequent recovery, in retinal rod and cone photoreceptors and in bipolar cells. He was awarded a Federation Fellowship in 2003 and is Research Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science
Christopher C Goodnow pioneered the use of transgenic mice to understand the regulation of the immune system. Among many awards and honours he was awarded a Federation Fellowship in 2006
Professor Tony McMichael, from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health is an Australia Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). His research examines the links between climate change, environmental factors and human health
We Contribute to Improved Health Outcomes….
Professor Helen Christensen and colleagues at the Centre for Mental Health Research have developed E-Mental Health Internet interventions that may contribute to reducing the burden of common mental disorders,
Chris Parish’s group has been working for a number of years on the molecular basis of cell adhesion, cell migration and cell invasion, with a particular emphasis on the immune system, tumour metastasis and the growth of new blood vessels (angiogenesis). Professor Parish and his team developed the anti-cancer agent PI-88.
Contribute to National and International Health Policy…..
Great Minds – two CMHS researchers were named as Great Minds in Australian Research by the National Health & Medical Research Council in 2007
Judith Whitworth, Director of The John Curtin School of Medical Research, chaired the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research from 2005-2007. Professor Whitworth was the first woman to chair this committee in its 50 year history, and the first chair to be appointed from the Western Pacific region. In 2007 Professor Whitworth was named a Great Mind in Australian Research by the National Health & Medical Research Council.
Tony McMichael
Prof Tony McMichael, one of several ANU scientists working with the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has won a small share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize has been awarded jointly to Al Gore and to the IPCC for their work in raising awareness of the science and significance of global climate change and its impacts.
Produce significant IP….
Dr Alan Finkel now Chancellor of Monash University, was a post-doctoral fellow at The John Curtin School of Medical Research in the early 1980s where he developed a device for electrophysiological recording from neurons. This device became the foundation for his multi-million dollar biotech company, Axon Instruments.
Train graduate students who win national and international awards….
Julia Ellyard, PhD Scholar was selected as one of only 7 Australian students to attend the Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany 1-6 July 2007 by the Australian Academy of Science.
Provide a high quality educational and research training environment…
Dr David Heymann, WHO Assistant Director General for Communicable Diseases visited the College in September 2007 to run a Master Class for Higher Degree Research students and those undertaking the Masters of Applied Epidemiology.
The Canberra Region Annual Scientific Meeting (CRASM) is a joint venture between the ANU, the University of Canberra, Canberra Hospital and The Australian Society for Medical Research. The program ranges from clinical medicine to biomedical science to allied health areas. Students and early career researchers are particularly encouraged to be involved.
Dr Robin Warren awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005 for the discovery (with Prof. Barry Marshall) of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Dr Warren visited the ANU in March 2006 for a wide-ranging discussion with students. Of particular interest was his account of the difficulties the two researchers had in publishing their ground-breaking research, his conviction that scientists should challenge dogma, maintain their belief in their results, and the importance of research integrity.
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