Research Excellence Recognised
0th December
Associate Professor Philip Hogg, from UNSW's Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research, has won the 2001 Commonwealth Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research.
The award, which comprises a medal and $50,000, recognises outstanding individual achievement in health and medical research in Australia. The Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Dr Michael Wooldridge, presented the Award to Professor Hogg in Melbourne recently.
Dr Wooldridge said the award recognised Associate Professor Hogg's research efforts which have ensured a better understanding of diseases such as cancer, HIV/AIDS and thrombosis.
Associate Professor Hogg joined UNSW in 1994 and is currently a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow and Conjoint Associate Professor at the Centre. He was awarded an R Douglas Wright Fellowship in 1993 and then became an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Fellow at the Children's Hospital at Harvard University in America.
Recipients of the Minister's award must demonstrate active involvement in research, a strong record of achievement, with their work representing outstanding potential for future health and medical research.
The award, which comprises a medal and $50,000, recognises outstanding individual achievement in health and medical research in Australia. The Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Dr Michael Wooldridge, presented the Award to Professor Hogg in Melbourne recently.
Dr Wooldridge said the award recognised Associate Professor Hogg's research efforts which have ensured a better understanding of diseases such as cancer, HIV/AIDS and thrombosis.
Associate Professor Hogg joined UNSW in 1994 and is currently a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow and Conjoint Associate Professor at the Centre. He was awarded an R Douglas Wright Fellowship in 1993 and then became an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Fellow at the Children's Hospital at Harvard University in America.
Recipients of the Minister's award must demonstrate active involvement in research, a strong record of achievement, with their work representing outstanding potential for future health and medical research.
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