Current Scholars

Allied Health Sciences:
Verity Pacey

Engineering:
Mahala McLindin

Law:
David Heaton

R G Menzies Fellowship:
Scott Sands

RG Menzies Harvard:
Matthew Brown, Jessica Roth & Tristan Webster

All Menzies Memorial Scholars

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MonaghanDR SALLY GAINSBURY
2007 Menzies Scholar in the Allied Health Sciences

Sally Gainsbury holds the degree of Bachelor of Psychology with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney (2004). Her PhD project was entitled "Do irrational beliefs maintain problem gambling behaviour?".

Sally holds a Post Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Centre for Gambling Education and Research at Southern Cross University and is a Research Affiliate in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney where she completed a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology. Sally is the Associate Editor for International Gambling Studies, an academic peer-review journal that publishes a multi-disciplinary gambling paper.

In 2010, Sally was awarded a $25,000 allied health start-up grant from the Menzies Foundation to begin groundbreaking research at the Southern Cross University into internet gambling in Australia.  > more...

Aug 2010

Jane GalvinJANE GALVIN

2011 Menzies Scholar in the Allied Health Sciences

Jane holds a Master of Occupational Therapy (2007) and Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) (1991) from La Trobe University. Jane's PhD looks at the possibility of using virtual reality as a motivating and enjoyable way to engage children in repetitive rehabilitation activities following traumatic brain injury.

Originally from Bendigo, Jane is Senior Occupational Therapist at the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), Melbourne and a group leader in neuro-rehabilitation research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. She is also a board member of Occupational Therapy Australia and convenor of its Paediatric Special Interest Group.

Aug-2011

GibsonBELINDA GIBSON
1983 Menzies Scholar in Law

Education
1981 BEc, LLB (Hons) (Sydney)
1983-4 LLM (Hons) (Cantab) Gonville & Caius College - restitution and international trade law

Current position

Deputy Chair, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Career history

2007 ASIC Commissioner
Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney - specialising in transactional advice and in corporate and securities law; Partner in Charge (Sydney office), 2000-03.
Stephen Jaques & Stephen, Commercial Department
Norton Rose, UK, Mergers and Acquisitions Department

Director, Menzies Foundation Board
Director, Air Services Australia

Professional/Other affiliations
Menzies Memorial Scholars Association
Member: Macquarie University Graduate School of Management Advisory Council

Areas of Professional Interest
Corporate governance and accounting practices.

Jun 2010

GolderDR BEN GOLDER
2005 Menzies Scholar in Law

Education
BA (English literature) First Class Hons

LLB (2004), University of New South Wales. Awarded the University Medal.

PhD in legal theory, Birkbeck College, University of London.

Current position
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales.

Career history
Ben taught law at the University of East London, University College London, Birkbeck College and New York University in London.

Research Interests
Legal and social theory (particularly critical, feminist and post-structuralist approaches to law), legal philosophy, criminal law and public law (particularly critical approaches to counter-terrorist law and capital punishment) and critical and historical approaches to contemporary human rights discourse.