More tall poppies
Researchers at UniSA have again received accolades at the recent Tall Poppy Science awards ceremony. Last year UniSA had three winners, and this year, Dr Kutluyil Dogancay and Associate Professor Libby Roughead won Tall Poppy awards in recognition of their research.
Dr Dogancay, senior lecturer and program director in telecommunications in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering said he was humbled by the award.
“It was really great to be acknowledged for the research I’ve been doing for a number of years,” he said. “It’s a privilege to get the award and a very nice reward for my research team.”
Prof Roughead, co-director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans’ Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services project said she was delighted to win recognition for her research.
“It was a bit of a surprise to receive the award because my discipline is often considered to be on the edge of science,” she said.
“It was great for the discipline to get the attention and great for the team of people I work with to be recognised for their hard work.” The annual awards, first introduced as part of the celebration of Sir Howard Florey’s 100th birthday in 1998, acknowledges the young researchers’ achievements and provides them with an opportunity to demonstrate their value as role models by promoting and encouraging an interest in science within the education sector.
Prof Roughead also had the distinction of receiving the overall award – as chosen by Adelaide Thinker in Residence, Professor Baroness Susan Greenfield – and will be presenting a lecture entitled Australia’s National Medicines Policy: What’s the Prescription? as part of the Body of Knowledge public lecture series on September 28.
Further details available at www.unisa.edu.au/hsc/bok/seminar3.asp