MonashMinds
5th June 2020
2015 Australian Cultural John Monash Scholar Alies Sluiter premieres Ayaan at Australian Film Festivals
Alies Sluiter will be debuting Ayaan, at the Sydney Film Festival (10th-21st June) and St Kilda Film Festival (12th-20th June). The short film follows an escaped asylum seeker with her baby and the Aboriginal man she encounters on her way to safety.
2010 John Monash Scholar Dr Nicole Bart awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Sydney Cardiologist Dr Nicole Bart has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship working with leading minds at Harvard University and the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts in understanding cardiac genetics
2019 Zelman Cowen John Monash Scholar Zoe Bush writes in The Age on Indigenous Australians and police brutality
Zoe Bush is completing a Master of Laws at Columbia University supported by her John Monash Scholarship and has written an opinion piece in The Age on how Australians can support Indigenous Australians. She is also a Fellow at Law for Black Lives in the US and co-author of the Say Her Name report.
2017 Zelman Cowen John Monash Scholar Dr Katherine Franklin writes on horrific attack on MSF Hospital in Afghanistan
Dr Katherine Franklin writes on her own memories and the horrific attack at the Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Hospital in Dasht-e-Barchi, Afghanistan which among the 24 people killed,15 were women including pregnant mothers.
2017 Woodside John Monash Scholar Dr Brett Parkinson shares advice on Australia's clean energy future options
Dr Brett Parkinson is a researcher on sustainable energy generation from natural gas and has shared advice in Stockhead on Australia's transition to clean energy.
2005 John Monash Scholar Dr Cathy Vaughan publishes research on barriers to domestic and family violence assistance for migrant and refugee women
Read in ANROWS the latest research report on the MuSeS Project: Multicultural and settlement services supporting women led by Dr Cathy Vaughan. The study explores how multicultural and settlement services can better support women experiencing violence.
2020 Bob Hawke John Monash Scholar Chloe D'Souza featured by Curtin University
Chloe D'Souza is a proud Noongar woman and was the first Aboriginal person to graduate from the Curtin Law School in 2015. On their YouTube channel Chloe shares her goals of working towards creating platforms for Indigenous people to have a voice and step up to leadership roles.
2014 NSW Premier's John Monash Scholar Sarah Lux-Lee advises on difficulties working parents face from the status quo of remote work
Sarah Lux-Lee is CEO and Founder of Mindr which works with tech companies to retain women and parents as employees. She shares her thoughts with AXIOS on remote work's effects on parents.
Episode 2 of the Scholars Podcast released featuring 2010 John Monash Scholar Dr Sam Wills
Tune in to Episode 2 of the Scholars Podcast, where Dr Sam Wills talks to Mojo Media CEO Justin Kelly and shares his research from London.
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