2018 UniSA research day and awards
On Monday 22 October, we hosted our inaugural University-wide Research Day, which proved to be a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate the high-quality research conducted across UniSA.
We opened the day with an overview of our Research Strategy and Future Directions, where our Vice Chancellor, Professor David Lloyd, shared a few words on our future research aspirations at UniSA. Each Research Theme member also provided an overview of their Theme, highlighting a successful RTIS project and reflecting on which elements made it such a success.
Throughout the day, workshops were conducted as an opportunity for each of our Research Themes to showcase their research, inspire connections beyond each Theme and strengthen interdisciplinary research collaborations.
We concluded our Research Day with a Celebration Event, which included an ERA Impact and Engagement Session, with a panel comprising of Sue Mikilewicz, Director of BIP, UniSA; Anne Gale, Public Advocate, SA Government and Susie Robinson, CEO, Higher Education Consulting Group.
We also announced the Finalists and Winners of our inaugural Research Awards, after receiving a strong response of 117 nominations across the categories of Research Excellence, Training and Support and Pathway to Impact, making this inaugural year a true success.
The 2018 Research Award Winners and Finalists
Research Excellence Category
Early Career Researcher Award
Winners
Brenton Hordacre - School of Health Sciences
Stephanie Reuter Lange - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Finalists
Renly Lim - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
John Arnold - School of Health Sciences
Brenton Hordacre - School of Health Sciences
Stephanie Reuter Lange - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Mid Career Researcher Award
Winner
Krasimir Vasilev - School of Engineering
Finalists
Hannah Keage - School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy
Jane Warland - School of Nursing and Midwifery
Krasimir Vasilev - School of Engineering
Leadership in Research Award
Winner
Emily Hilder - Future Industries Institute
Finalists
Maureen Dollard - School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy
Emily Hilder - Future Industries Institute
Libby Roughead - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Training and Support Category
Professional Support - Team Award
Winner
Australian National Fabrication Facility - SA Team
Simon Doe, Donghoon Chang, Jing-Hong (Mike) Pai, Mark Cherrill, Moein Kashani, Maryam Khaksar, Belinda Turner, Ragesh Nair.
Finalists
Australian National Fabrication Facility - SA Team
Simon Doe, Donghoon Chang, Jing-Hong (Mike) Pai, Mark Cherrill, Moein Kashani, Maryam Khaksar, Belinda Turner, Ragesh Nair.
Future Industries Institute Technical Services Team
Philip Moore, Scott Abbott, John Denman, Chris Bassell, Andrew Robinson, Aleksandr Kaplun, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Helena Andersson, Richmond Asamoah, Susie Ritch, Patrick Sherman, Alex Cavallaro
School of Education
Mary Leonov, Jean Mendrin, Jess Roach, Dushie Lalic
Professional Support - Individual Award
Winners
Julie White - School of Creative Industries
Kirsty Willis - School of Marketing
Finalists
Scott Abbott - Future Industries Institute
Bernadette Burgert - Centre for Workplace Excellence
Julie White - School of Creative Industries
Kirsty Willis - School of Marketing
Supervisor of the Year Award
Winner
Jillian Dorrian - School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy
Finalists
Jon Buckley - School of Health Sciences
Jillian Dorrian - School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy
Adrian Esterman - School of Nursing and Midwifery
Transformed PhD Student of the Year Award
Winner
Tahnee Dening - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Finalists
Tahnee Dening - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Gizat Molla Kassie - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Christine Mpundu-Kaambwa - School of Commerce
Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize Award
Winner
Jessica Wojciechowski - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Pathway to Impact Category
Interdisciplinary Award
Winner
"Smart Control to Maximise Renewable Energy With Thermal Energy Storage".
Alemu Alemu, Martin Belusko, Luigi Cirocco, Ming Liu, Peter Pudney, Frank Bruno, John Boland.
Finalists
"Smart Control to Maximise Renewable Energy With Thermal Energy Storage".
Alemu Alemu, Martin Belusko, Luigi Cirocco, Ming Liu, Peter Pudney, Frank Bruno, John Boland.
"Using social return on investment analysis to value the social impact of modified vehicles to people with disability".
Angela Berndt, Claire Hutchinson, Julie Ratcliffe, Stacey George, Susan Gilbert-Hunt, Jenny Cleland.
Best RTIS Application Award
Winner
"Re-sensitising Resistant Bacteria Against Antibiotics: Giving New Power to Failing Medicines."
Clive Prestidge, Nicky Thomas, Allison Cowin, Zlatko Kopecki, David Ogunniyi
Partnership Award
Winner
Australian Centre for Child Protection - Fiona Arney and Leah Bromfield
Finalists
Ashleigh Smith - School of Health Sciences
Greg Sharplin - School of Nursing and Midwifery
Australian Centre for Child Protection - Fiona Arney and Leah Bromfield
Commercialisation Award
Winner
Stuart Pitson - Centre for Cancer Biology
Finalists
Sanjay Garg - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Stuart Pitson - Centre for Cancer Biology
Benjamin Thierry - Future Industries Institute
Policy Impact Award
Winner
Australian Centre for Child Protection
Finalists
Australian Centre for Child Protection
Wendy Lacey - School of Law
Tracey Bretag - School of Management
Images of Research Competition
People's Choice Award
Winner
Moein Kashani - School of Engineering
