Menzies Foundation news
Official news, updates and media releases on the Menzies Foundation activities are available here.
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Nick's dual career the way of the future
16-Jan-2017The students might be off for their summer break, but this just marks the start of 'work' of the creative kind for their teacher Nick Vines.
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A career ripe with possibilities
22-Dec-2016For those who want to understand potential early inspiration for a career in science, Dr Ken Pang remembers an already blossoming interest in medical research being cemented by a school holiday program run by the CSIRO.
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Alec Menzies presents Menzies Centenary Prize
21-Dec-2016This year's Menzies Centenary Prize-winner, Andrew King, had a special medal presentation when he went back to visit his old school last week and give the students of Dimboola Memorial Secondary College (DMSC) a taste of life at Mannix College at Monash University.
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Menzies Square captures old and new in Jeparit
21-Dec-2016A tribute to the Menzies Family and the role they played in the small rural town of Jeparit - birthplace of Sir Robert Menzies - was the feature of the Menzies Square redevelopment, officially opened last week.
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Shaping the future of science
05-Dec-2016Imagine reducing the need for invasive gut tests like colonoscopies or developing bacteria in your gut which could help manage your own inflammatory conditions.
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Burnet Prize tops Nick's great year
30-Nov-2016NHMRC/RG Menzies Fellow and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) laboratory head, Dr Nick Huntington, has been awarded the Burnet Prize to top off an outstanding year for the early career researcher.
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Milstein award for Dr Si Ming Man
30-Nov-2016The International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS)* has awarded NHMRC/RG Menzies Fellow Dr Si Ming Man, with the Milstein Young Investigator Award for 2016.
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Atomic Dust wins Biruk the Menzies history category
29-Nov-2016An exploration of Sir Robert Menzies' role in the Maralinga nuclear tests has won young Biruk Kahsay from St Monica's Catholic Primary School in Footscray, Melbourne, the Menzies special category prize in the National History Challenge.
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Deciphering cellular immunity around the clock
24-Nov-2016Understanding the circadian cycles of immune cells and the genes that control them may play an important role in combating and treating inflammatory and chronic diseases.
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Increasing sports participation for adults with disabilities
23-Nov-2016Training programs to help physiotherapists and other health professionals support adults with disabilities identify and participate in sporting activities, will be boosted by a Menzies Alumni Community Leadership Grant.
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Scholar supports Heartbeat of Football
22-Nov-2016The death of his brother's team mate on the soccer field led Professor Jamie Vandenberg, Menzies Scholar and Deputy Director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Centre in Sydney, to think about how he could combine his professional expertise and his passion to help players stay active in soccer for longer.
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Menzies Alumni Community Leadership Grant awarded to Satellite Foundation
15-Nov-2016A program which provides support to young people who live with a parent with mental illness will benefit from the Inaugural
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Exploring the edges of law
25-Oct-2016Contributing to the development of refugee policy and creating greater awareness of Australia's international legal obligations is what Lyndon Goddard would like to do when he returns from studying a Master of Laws at Cambridge.
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Nathan seeks clear answers at Oxford
24-Oct-2016Immersion in subjects examining the crossover between politics, administrative and constitutional law, along with a unique experience working for the UNHCR, have inspired 2017 Sir Robert Menzies Scholarship in Law recipient, Nathan Van Wees, to complete a Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford.
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A decade of humanitarian projects
13-Oct-2016Human rights and refugee advocate, Julian Burnside AO, and Grand Designs Australia host, Peter Maddison, will headline an event to celebrate 10 years of Architects Without Frontiers (AWF) and its humanitarian projects around the world in November.
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Further insight into immune cell activation
13-Oct-20162014 NHMRC/RG Menzies Scholar in Medicine, Dr Si Ming Man, has continued his outstanding publishing record with another important paper on activating danger-sensing proteins in cells, published in journal Cell.
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Partnership to create Indigenous Mentoring Fellow
11-Oct-2016The Inaugural Sir Robert Menzies Indigenous Mentoring Fellowship is open for applications as a result of a partnership between the Menzies Foundation and the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS).
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Rawlinson made Fellow of AAHMS
10-Oct-2016Professor Bill Rawlinson AM has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences for his work in translational research into cytomegalovirus (CMV) amongst other achievements.
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Supporting vulnerable families
10-Oct-2016If the definition of leadership is helping others achieve their potential, then there could be no better leader than 2003 Menzies Research Scholar in the Allied Health Sciences, Dr Kerry Proctor.
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Autism App Google Impact Challenge finalist
05-Oct-2016A smartphone app to aid parents in the early detection of Autism developed using research by Menzies Scholar, Dr Josephine Barbaro, who is working at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, is one of the 10 Australian finalists in the Google Impact Challenge.
