Previous Years
Read the winning entries from the last two Young Investigator Awards, plus the abstracts from all entrants.
Previous winners:
2007: Cadence Minge (Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Adelaide) for her work on the relationship between high-fat diets and reproductive problems.
2006: Catherine Gibson (Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Adelaide) for her work on the causes of cerebral palsy.
2005: Branka Grubor-Bauk (School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide) for research into the herpes simplex virus and the natural killer T-cell.
2004: Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri (Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Adelaide) for research on a growth hormone that could lead to healthier placentas, thereby leading to healthier pregnancies.
2003: Jonathon Hutton (Child Health Research Institute) whose research looks at a novel way of producing stem cells, by using blood from umbilical cords.
2002: Karen Lower (Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital) for research into the genetic basis of intellectual disability.
2001: Erin Symonds (Gastroenterology, Women's and Children's Hospital) whose work involves breath testing in animals and humans for diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.
2000: Taher Omari (Neonatology and Gastroenterology, Women's and Children's Hospital) for research into reflux and feeding difficulties in babies and infants.
