Research Day Award Participants

The 2019 Research Award Winners and Finalists

Research Training Category

Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize

The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize fund supports a prize to acknowledge the most outstanding research thesis by a UniSA research degree student leading to a PhD. The award aims to encourage the recipient to travel overseas and undertake research.

Winner:

Tessa Bailey, School of Creative Industries

 Transformed PhD - Student of the Year Award

This award recognises a PhD candidate who exemplifies the Transformed PhD at UniSA. They are undertaking research that is excellent, and end-user engaged. Moreover, they are acquiring the knowledge partnerships and transferable skills to position them competitively for career success.

Winner:

Imogen Ramsey, School of Nursing and Midwifery

Finalists:

  • Parinaz Ahangar, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences
  • Imogen Ramsey, School of Nursing and Midwifery
  • Nadia Selim, School of Education

Supervisor of the Year

This award recognises an individual HDR supervisor or team of supervisors who demonstrate a track record of successful HDR candidate outcomes and engagement in high quality supervisory practice and research supervision leadership. 

Joint Winners:

  • Allison Cowin, Future Industries Institute
  • Jennifer McKay, School of Law

Finalists:

  • Allison Cowin, Future Industries Institute
  • Jennifer McKay, School of Law
  • Carol Maher, School of Health Sciences
  • Clive Prestidge, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Professional Support - Individual Award

This award recognises a professional research staff member’s outstanding contribution, beyond their ‘normal duties’, to research outcomes.

Winner:

Carly Rosewarne, Grant Developer, Information Technology Engineering & the Environment Divisional Office

Finalists:

  • Scott Abbott, Operations Manager, Technical Services, Future Industries Institute
  • Tricia Huff, Academic Services Officer, School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences
  • Susie Rich, Technical Officer, Future Industries Institute
  • Carly Rosewarne, Grant Developer, Information Technology Engineering & the Environment Divisional Office

Professional Support - Team Award

This award recognises a team of professional research staff members who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to research outcomes, whereby ensuring each team member has specifically contributed to the team’s outstanding achievement.

Winner:

Graduate Research Development Team
Jenni Critcher, Project Officer/Business Analyst; Charlotte Ferrier, EDGE Project Manager; Claire Jackson, Associate Head Graduate Research.

Finalists:

  • Business School Research Team
  • Graduate Research Development Team
  • School of Health Sciences

Research Excellence Category

Early Career Researcher

This award recognises the Early Career Researcher who has best demonstrated excellence in quality research outputs, strengthening collaborations and engagement in research supervision and training.

Winner:

Raymond Matthews, School of Psychology, social Work and Social Policy

Finalists:

  • Raymond Matthews, School of Psychology, social Work and Social Policy
  • Alexandra Sorvina, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
  • Margarita Tsiros, School of Health Sciences

Mid-Career Researcher

This award recognises the Mid-Career Researcher who has best demonstrated high-quality research outputs, mentoring and training as well as strong external engagement and collaboration.

Winner:

Colin Hall, Future Industries Institute

Finalists:

  • Colin Hall, Future Industries Institute
  • Michael Samuel, Centre for Cancer Biology
  • Tasha Stanton, School of Health Sciences

Leadership in Research

This award recognises high performing researcher leaders who have shaped research directions, inspired and mentored others, built teams, and led them to success. It will acknowledge effective research leadership which has built the external profile of the University, attracted opportunities and partnerships and produced high quality research with a pathway to impact.

Joint Winners:

  • Carol Kulik, Centre for Workplace Excellence, Business School
  • Bruce Thomas, School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences

Finalists:

  • David Giles, Future Industries Institute
  • Carol Kulik, Centre for Workplace Excellence, Business School
  • Chris Saint, Information Technology Engineering & the Environment Divisional Office
  • Bruce Thomas, School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences

Pathway to Impact Category

Highest Ranked Research Themes Investment Scheme Application

Winner:

Lifting Participation in Container Deposit Schemes:  The Key to Waste Elimination in SA.
Bethany Cooper, Lin Crase, Robert Crocker, Rameez Rameezdeen, Anne Sharp, Hon Jay Weatherill

Interdisciplinary Award

Interdisciplinary award is awarded to an individual or team who has produced a ground-breaking research outcome that was only possible as a result of the integration of two or more unrelated disciplines.

Winner:

Krasimir Vasilev, School of Engineering and John Hayball, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Finalists:

  • George Chen, School of Engineering
  • David Cropley, School of Engineering
  • Krasimir Vasilev, School of Engineering and John Hayball, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Partnership Award

To acknowledge and recognise an individual or team at UniSA who have demonstrated best practice in partnership engagement with research end-users, from industry, government and communities.

Winner:

Lia Bryant and Bridget Garnham, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy

Finalists:

  • Lia Bryant and Bridget Garnham, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy
  • Mark McDonnell, School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences and Russell Brinkworth, School of Engineering
  • Ian Goodwin-Smith, The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise, School of Commerce
  • Peter Schumacher, School of Art, Architecture and Design

Policy Impact Award

This award recognises UniSA research that has been translated into changes in policy and that has led to significant real-world outcomes.  It is awarded to an individual or team who has produced research that has significantly led to economic, social, cultural or environmental impact as a result of changes to policy.

Winner:

Albert Juhasz, Future Industries Institute

Finalists:

  • Henning Bjornlund, School of Commerce
  • Albert Juhasz, Future Industries Institute
  • NHMRC NAFOSTED, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
    National Foundation for Science and Technology Development of Vietnam (NAFOSTED)
    Tuan Nguyen, Adrian Esterman, Libby Roughead, Giang Kim, Henry Brodaty, Thang Pham, Tuan Le Pham, Maria Crotty, Susan Kurrle, Ladson Hinton

Innovation Award

This award recognises the translation of research outcomes into products and services that have created a commercial return, translating new knowledge into a positive impact on society with real world outcomes.

Winner:

Automotive Commercialisation of Advanced Coating Systems
Colin Hall, Drew Evans, Bastian Stoehr - Future Industries Institute

Finalists:

  • Automotive commercialisation of advanced coating systems
    Colin Hall, Drew Evans, Bastian Stoehr - Future Industries Institute
  • Narrative Visualisation Project
    Andrew Cunningham, James Walsh, Bruce Thomas - School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences
  • Helen Stallman, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy

Images of Research Competition | People’s Choice Award

Winner:

Fibre Based Microfluidics | Azadeh Nilghaz, Future Industries Institute

See more of this years Images of Research finalists here.