Menzies Foundation news
Official news, updates and media releases on the Menzies Foundation activities are available here.
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Serena takes her leadership to the next level
11-Dec-2017Taking the big jump from feeling safe, supported and surrounded by family in a small town in Queensland to studying at the University of Melbourne, is an experience that will guide the mentoring efforts of the 2018 Menzies Indigenous Mentoring Fellow.
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Can blood tests improve outcomes for cancer patients?
29-Nov-2017Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson is on a journey to demonstrate the value of blood-based circulating tumour DNA testing in better treating and monitoring cancer patients. It's a journey which started as part of her NHMRC/Menzies Fellowship in Cambridge and has just been given a major boost with the CSL Centenary Fellowship.
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History challenge winner - Menzies contributed to a better world
27-Nov-2017Leo Ng from Marist College in Canberra has taken out the National History Challenge special category 'Sir Robert Menzies and today's Australia' with an excellent essay addressing the question 'Did Sir Robert Menzies contribute to a better world?'.
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Opportunity knocks for Menzies Law Scholar
20-Nov-2017From coffee with an ex-PM, to dinner at the House of Lords and a deep dive into legal theory at Oxford, it's a cracking pace of life for a Menzies Scholar in the UK - and Nathan Van Wees is loving it.
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Teaching exceeds Carina's expectations
01-Nov-2017She could well be the prototype for the successful modern teacher. Dr Carina Dennis has taken her evidence and research capabilities honed as a medical scientist, combined them with her communication skills as a journalist and editor, and is now using them to full effect in her third career as a teacher.
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Paying tribute to Sir Ninian Stephen
30-Oct-2017Chair of the Menzies Foundation, Professor Simon Maddocks, has paid tribute to former governor-general, The Right Honourable Sir Ninian Stephen, who helped shaped the Foundation as its Chairman from 1992-1998.
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Olsen powers up and plugs in
11-Oct-2017Electrical engineer Olsen Garland has set a cracking pace in his first few months as a Menzies Scholar. As part of the latest group of Menzies Scholars to arrive in the UK, Olsen has started his MBA at the London Business School (LBS) and says from orientation week on it has been nothing short of amazing.
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Call out for 2018 Menzies Indigenous Mentoring Fellow
28-Sep-2017The call has gone out for applicants to be the 2018 Sir Robert Menzies Indigenous Mentoring Fellow at the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS).
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Understanding cultural practices to improve pain management
27-Sep-2017The results of a research trial by Menzies Allied Health Scholar and Liverpool Hospital Senior Physiotherapist, Bernadette Brady, will lead to the development of planning tools that practitioners can use to help them quickly explore a patient's cultural influences on their pain.
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A scholar's early encounter with Menzies
07-Sep-2017Glenn Withers is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Australian National University and University of New South Wales and was founding CEO of Universities Australia. He was awarded his RG Menzies Scholarship to complete a PhD in Business Economics within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University in 1970, well before the Menzies Foundation was even contemplated.
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What comes after a PhD?
27-Jul-2017The journey through a PhD is often about much more than just research. Being flexible, having patience and persistence, and the ability to work independently while managing research and clinical work were all a part of the challenge for 2015 Allied Health Scholar Teresa Brown who recently submitted her final thesis for review.
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Young leaders addressing mental health
26-Jul-2017The Satellite Foundation's Menzies Young Leader program is in full swing!
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Making a contribution to Australian science
17-Jul-20172014 NHMRC/Menzies Fellow in Medicine, Dr Si Ming Man, has been presented the Jim Pittard Early Career Award from the Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) for his growing body of research work.
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Founding father passes away
03-Jul-2017One of the founding Directors of the original Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust, Robert White AO, has passed away peacefully aged 93.
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Michelle shares her stories of identity
15-Jun-2017"My Aboriginal identity is me and I work hard to make sure it is something significant in my life, so everyone knows that I am proud of my heritage."
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Underground science at the Australian High Commission
08-Jun-2017Liz Killen believes that Australian science is world-leading, and the more people that know about it, the better.
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Improving support for refugees and the countries that host them
24-May-2017Working on one of the world's most intractable issues - how to improve the global response to historic levels of refugee displacement - has become a daily pursuit for Menzies Scholar, Patrick Wall.
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A year of consolidation and reflection
15-May-2017The Menzies Foundation has released its 2016 annual report following the AGM on Friday 19 May.
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Realising dreams with focus and introspection
11-May-2017Hard work, introspection, self-care and a long-standing commitment to the Dimboola community has resulted in Courtney Dove being awarded the $10,000 Menzies Centenary Prize.
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Out of the darkness - solving the fundamental scientific puzzle
08-May-2017"Don't you want to know what makes up 80 per cent of the universe?" This is the scientific puzzle that drives Tracy Slatyer, a self-confessed nerd who overcame bullying to pursue her passions and now works to unravel the mysteries of dark matter.
