All Menzies Memorial Scholars

DR KIRSTI SAMUELS
1999 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Law

Education
BSc and LLB (H1), University of Sydney (1997).
Bachelor of Civil Laws, Magdalen College, Oxford
DPhil in International Law, Magdalen College, Oxford (2005) on the subject of Jus ad Bellum in civil conflicts, and the impact of Security Council practice on International Law.

Current position
Consultant, Peacebuilding & Constitution-Building

Career history
Member of the Australian delegation to UNESCO, Paris.
Clerked for the Honourable Justice Michael McHugh of the Australian High Court.
A placement with the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department in the Human Rights Branch in Canberra, Australia.
International Peace Academy (IPA), New York City - an independent, international institution dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and within states through policy research and development.

Head of the State-building program that considered the legitimacy and effectiveness of international state-building efforts.

March 2004

ARUNA SATHANAPALLY
2006 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Law

Aruna Sathanapally holds the degrees of BA (Pass) and LLB from the University of NSW (2005) and was placed 1/317 in her graduating class. During her academic career Aruna gained four prizes including the University Medal.

Aruna commenced a two year degree of BCL/MPhil at Oxford.

Oct 2006

ALISA SELIMOVIC
2009 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Engineering

Alisa Selimovic holds the degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering from Flinders University with First Class Honours and the University Medal.

Alisa will undertake a DPhil at Oxford University for three years commencing in October 2009.

Jun 2009

ROHAN SHEKHAR
2008 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Engineering

Mr Rohan Shekhar holds the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic Engineering) from the University of Queensland with First Class Honours and the University Medal.

Rohan commenced his PhD in October 2008 at Cambridge University for three years.

Aug 2008

DR DAN SISKIND
2003 Menzies Scholar to Harvard

Dr Dan Siskind M.B.B.S., M.P.H., FRANZCP completed his medical training at the University of Queensland in Australia, and, since graduating in 1998, has completed psychiatry training programs in Australia and in the United States and is qualified as a psychiatrist in both countries.

He completed a Master of Public Health in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2005.

Aug 2008

TRACY SLATYER

2006 RG Menzies Scholar to Harvard

Tracy holds a BPhil in Theoretical Physicals with First Class Honours and the University Medal from Australian National University.  Tracy is undertaking her PhD in Theoretical Physics at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

May 2006

DR TINA SOUVLIS
1998 Menzies Scholar in the Allied Health Sciences

Education
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (H1) (1986), University of Queensland

MPhty, PhD

PhD project: "Opioid and non-opioid analgesia spinal manual therapy".

Current position
Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland

Research interests
Characterisation of the pain relief which follows spinal manual therapy; characterisation of pain in chronic musculoskeletal conditions, development of an animal model to investigate the effects of manual therapy; development of learning packages for graduate physiotherapists.

2009

BEN SPAGNOLO
2006 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Law

Ben Spagnolo holds the degrees of BA (H1) and LLB (H1) from the University of Western Australia (2005) and was placed 1/174 in his graduating class. During his academic career Ben gained 24 prizes including the Frank Edward Parsons Prize and the HCF Keall Prize.

Ben is undertaking the degree of BCL/MPhil at Oxford for two years.

Oct 2006