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The 2024 Awards for Research Excellence, held on 14 November, highlight Curtin’s commitment to advancing impactful research that benefits society and the planet.
Curtin’s Researcher of the Year was awarded to Professor Penelope Hasking from the School of Population Health for her outstanding work in youth mental health, suicide prevention and non-suicidal self-injury. Leading the successful COMPAS program, Professor Hasking has secured funding to expand the initiative nationally to help university students across the country. Professor Hasking also leads a program at Royal Perth Hospital to train nurses in compassionate care for self-injury patients.
The 2024 Early Career Researcher of the Year went to wildlife ecologist and geneticist Dr Brenton von Takach, a WA Premier’s Early to Mid-Career Fellow and Research Fellow in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences. Dr von Takach uses environmental and genetic data to help better manage and conserve threatened species.
The following award categories – People, Planet and Partnerships – reflect Curtin’s strategic pillars.
People: Celebrating outstanding research in any discipline with a focus on making a difference for people.
Planet: Celebrating outstanding research in any discipline that makes a difference to our planet.
Partnership: Celebrating outstanding research in any discipline that makes a difference through partnership
Winners include:
| People
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Marylène Gagné Future of Work Institute
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| People – Early Career
National Drug Research Institute |
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| Planet
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Zongping Shao WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering |
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| Planet – Early Career
WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering |
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| Partnership
Associate Professor Vinicius Cavalheri School of Allied Health |
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| Partnership – Early Career
School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry |
2024 Curtin Media Engagement Awards
The winners of the 2024 Curtin Media Engagement Awards were also announced in recognition of the researchers who have played the greatest role in raising the profile of the University in the media.
Winners include:
Most Outstanding Research News Story
Anthony Clarke and Professor Chris Kirkland – A Scottish Provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge
Most Prolific Media Commentator for the Faculty of Health Sciences
Most Prolific Media Commentator for the Faculty of Science and Engineering
Most Prolific Media Commentator for the Faculty of Business and Law
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Alan Duncan
Most Prolific Media Commentator for the Faculty of Humanities
Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev
Media Collaboration Champion
9News Best New Media Talent
Louise Francis and Joshua Newton
Highest Contribution to ‘The Conversation’
Highest Readership of an Article on ‘The Conversation’
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay
Highest Contribution to the Australian Science Media Centre