About the YIA
The Young Investigator Award, now in its 12th year, is a highly successful event rewarding excellence in South Australia's young researchers in both science and their ability to communicate and 'sell' that science.
The Award is an initiative of the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (formerly the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service) and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide. The University of South Australia and Flinders University are also partners in the Award together with the Women's and Children's Health Research Institute and the Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation.
The finals of the Young Investigator Award were held on Thursday 27 October at the Sanctuary Adelaide Zoo.
The winner of the 2011 YIA is Nadira Ruzehaji, a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide and the Women’s and Children’s Health Research Institute who is researching the function of the ‘Flightless’ protein in wound healing, and reducing those protein levels to effectively treat burns and prevent severe scarring in children.
For more information about YIA, contact:
Dr Andrea Averis
Chair, YIA Committee
Director, Research Secretariat
Women's and Children's Health Network
Women's and Children's Hospital Campus
72 King William Road
North Adelaide
South Australia 5006
Telephone: (08) 8161 7703
Email