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Monday December 19, 2022

Many congratulations to the following people for receiving our prestigious ASI Awards and Special Honours.

ASI SPECIAL HONOURS

Burnet Oration
Prudence Hart, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

ASI AWARDS

ASI AbbVie New Horizons Research Award
Kate Schroder, institution

Breakthrough Immunology Awards
Claire Jessup, Flinders University
Sapna Devi, University of Melbourne

Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Award
Danika Hill, Monash University

Jared Purton - ASI Awards
1st Prize: Kirsten Ward Hartstonge, University of Otago
2nd Prize: Jaclyn Pearson, Hudson Institute of Medical Research

ASI Women's Initiative Travel Awards
Sapna Devi, University of Melbourne
Patricia Macchiaverni, University of Western Australia
Archita Mishra, Telethon Kids Institute
Katharina Robichon, Victoria University of Wellington
Natalia Sampaio, Hudson Institute for Medical Research

Career Advancement Award - Jacques Miller
Lukasz Kedzierski, University of Melbourne

Career Advancement Award - Gordon Ada
Sapna Devi, University of Melbourne
Sidonia Eckle, University of Melbourne - Doherty Institute
Laura Cook, University of Melbourne

Career Advancement Award - Postdoc Tier 1
Annabelle Small, Flinders University Immunity
Naomi Daniels, University of Otago

Career Advancement Award - Postdoc Tier 2
Daniel Enosi Tuipulotu, Australian National University
Catarina Almeida, The University of Melbourne
Kevin John Selva, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Hyun Jae Lee, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Dimitra Chatzileontiadou, La Trobe University

Career Advancement Award - Postgrad Tier 1
Bentotage Fernando, UNSW Sydney
Michael Harris, La Trobe University 
Timothy McCulloch, University of Queensland
Madeline Wemyss, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Liam Kealy, Monash University
Devi Jenika, Bio21 Institute
Sarah Dart, University of Western Australia
Katie Daly, University of Newcastle 

Career Advancement Award - Postgrad Tier 2
Andrea Nguyen, Monash University
Calvin Xu, The Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne
Samantha Davis, The University of Melbourne
Amber  Pillar, University of Newcastle
Mitra Ashayeripanah, The University of Melbourne
Phoebe Dewar, The University of Melbourne

2022 ASI Carer's Award - COVID Support
Sapna Devi, University of Melbourne

ASI Cheers-Buchan Education Award
Daniel Clarke, The University of Melbourne

Special Initiatives Fund - Proposal
Paul Beavis, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

ASI Advanced Immunology School Award for Outstanding Participation
Liam Kealy, Monash University
Sophie Curio, University of Queensland
Kate Balka, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Public Engagement Award
Larisa Labzin, Institute of Molecular Bioscience

ASI Annual Scientific Meeting Carer's Grant
Carly Whyte, University of South Australia
Stephanie Trend, Telethon Kids Institute
Zhijia Yu, John Curtin School of Medical Research
Fehintoluwa Femi-Olabisi, Mountain Top University

ASI Branch Meeting Carer's Grant
Sumaira Hasnain
Naomi Truong
Weidong Jing 

ASI Journal Awards 

Immunology & Cell Biology Chris and Bhama Parish Publication of the Year Award
Saem Park, University of Auckland

Immunology & Cell Biology Thermo Fisher Scientific Publication Award
Rehana Hewavisenti, Kirby Institute

Clinical & Translational Immunology Publication of the Year Award
Xiaoxiao Jia, Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne

Clinical & Translational Immunology Social Impact Award
Anne Karine Lagendijk, University of Queensland
Larisa I Labzin, University of Queensland
Kirsty R Short, University of Queensland
Emma J Gordon, University of Queensland

Immunology & Cell Biology Social Impact Award
Jessica Borger, Monash University
Louise Purton, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research,

Immunology & Cell Biology Cover Image Award
Rory Costello, University of Otago
Gavin Koh, Monash University
Arutha Kulasinghe, Queensland University of Technology
Caroline Soliman, Doherty Institute & University of Melbourne
Felix Marsh-Wakefield, Centenary Institute

ANNUAL MEETING AWARDS

ASI New Investigator Award
Brigitte Duckworth, Water and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

BD Science Communication Award
​Sarah Dart, University of Western Australia

ASI Student Poster Awards
ASI Overall Poster Award: ​Jacqueline White, Garvan Institute of Medical Research 
ASI Poster Award:​ MengXiao Luo, WEHI
ICB Poster Award:​ Rishika Abrol, The University of Queensland
CTI Poster Award:​ Jascinta Santavanond, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science
ASI-BSI Poster Award: Lewis Newland, The University of Melbourne

Pharmaxis-ASI Poster Award 
Postdoctoral: U-Shane Huang, Monash University
Student: Rebecca Abbott, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Graham Jackson Memorial Prize
Therese Pankhurst, Victorian University of Wellington

ASI Travel Bursaries - Postdoc
Irina Buckle, Mater Research Institute
Deborah Burnett, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Zhian Chen, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute
Susan Christo, University of Melbourne
Kaustav Das Gupta, University of Queensland
Aakanksha Dixit, University of Queensland
Criselle DSouza, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Maike Effern, University Hospital Bonn
Jennifer Eom, University of Auckland
Kerrie Foyle, University of Adelaide
Rehana Hewavisenti, Kirby Institute 
Inken Kelch, University of Auckland
Felix Marsh-Wakefield, Centenary Institute
Timothy Patton, Peter Doherty Institute / University of Melbourne
Katharina Robichon, Victoria University of Wellington
Gustavo Rodrigues Rossi, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute
Ismail Sebina, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Benita Tse, University of Sydney
Carolien van de Sandt, Peter Doherty Institute / University of Melbourne
Nicole Wittwer, Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and University of South Australia
Ying Wong, University of Adelaide
Yang Yang, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute
Pirooz Zareie, Monash University

ASI Travel Bursaries - Postgrad
Rishika Abrol, The University of Queensland
Syeda Farhana Afroz, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Ruth Allen, University of Sydney
Eric Alves, School of Human Sciences, UWA
Samantha Barnes, Telethon Kids Institute
Jessica Boulter, National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases
Katherine Brown, The University of Adelaide
Wang Cao, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
​Allison Clatch, University of Melbourne 
Lina Daniel
Jessica Harte, University of Otago
Nazneen Jahan, Monash University
Gemma Laws, University of Otago
Adrian Lee, Westmead Institute for Medical Research / University of Sydney
Thiago Maass Steiner, The University of Melbourne
Joseph Mackie, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Zoe Magill, Monash University
Timothy McCulloch, University of Queensland
Helen Mostafavi, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Andreas Obers, Peter Doherty Institute
Nicola Principe, National Centre of Asbestos Related Diseases
Selwin Samuel, Mater Medical Research Institute
Jacinta Smith
Jennifer Stables, Mater Research Institute UQ
Karoline White, Institute for Molecular Bioscience 
Jacqueline White, Garvan Institute of Medical Research