17- 03- 2023
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With the first quarter of the year proving to be a busy chapter for the Foundation, we welcome you to join us in celebrating our Scholars as they continue to achieve wonderful things in their fields of endeavour. |
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Dr Brent O'Carrigan, 2015 NSW Premier's John Monash Scholar, has recently been appointed as co-lead of the Urologic Malignancies Programme as principal investigator at the University of Cambridge Cancer Centre. The role overseas a broad portfolio of academic and commercial clinical trials in both kidney cancer and melanoma, including cellular therapy trials
Dr O’Carrigan has trained in both Sydney and London, completing a fellowship in early phase cancer trials at the Royal Marsden Hospital and a PhD in translational cancer research in immuno-oncology at the University of Cambridge, as a General Sir John Monash Foundation Scholar with the additional accolade of a Cambridge Trust International Scholarship.
We spoke with Brent about his professional journey since receiving the John Monash Scholarship, his exciting new role, leadership and what this means to him.
John Monash Scholar recognised for significant STEM research |
Dylan Sherman, 2020 BHP John Monash Scholar, has been awarded the silver medal in Chemistry at the annual STEM for Britain competition earlier this month. He presented his research on sustainable water quality sensors, based on metal organic nanosheets.
STEM for Britain aims to help politicians understand more about the UK’s thriving science and engineering base and rewards some of the strongest scientific and engineering research being undertaken in the United Kingdom. Dylan described the experience of the competition as dynamic and diverse.
“Diverse in that you have parliamentarians, policymakers, legislators all the way through to industry and academics. Ultimately, you need the nexus of all of those to work together if you ever want to make impact with your research in science, so to have it all in one room is an exciting platform for the future.”
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In this episode, we speak with Dr Isabel Hanson, 2022 BHP John Monash Scholar, about studying at University of Oxford, her experience as a General Practitioner and her work in healthcare policy.
Dr Hanson is an award-winning General Practitioner and academic who has completed a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts with (1st Class Honours) from the University of New South Wales. She is passionate about Indigenous health, having spent over a decade accompanying the Aboriginal community of inner-city Sydney through her community work with Life for Koori Kids. Listen here
Mentorship for medical students
Associate Professor Joe Suttie, 2007 John Monash Scholar and Head of the clinical school at the University of Notre Dame, has given praise for student lead initiative called ‘Bush Tracks’ which aims to help teenagers better understand university medical exams. Student Kate Hurst, founder of the initiative, hopes to grow the program into a mentorship between Notre Dame's medical students and the Riverina's high school students.
Professor Suttie said the program was a fantastic way to get school students thinking about becoming rural doctors earlier. "It's uniquely rural and it's uniquely medical students volunteering to help high school students, and it's those relationships which really have the longest and best impact.”
Read the article here.
Image of Associate Professor Joe Suttie with final year medical student and Bush Tracks director Kate Hurst.
Picture by Les Smith for The Daily Telegraph.
Best up-and-coming screenwriters recognised in local film industry competition
A Sunshine Coast film and TV competition aimed at highlighting the region’s premier screenwriters and producers has announced Jessie Hughes, 2020 Lee Liberman John Monash Scholar, among its 2023 recipients. Jessie was awarded the Powderfinger Music Video winner for her ‘Rockin’ Rocks’ (Shelly Beach) video - an adrenaline-fuelled pirate pursuit for fool's gold to rock music.
Internationally recognised Australian new media artist and creative technologist, Jessie’s works have been exhibited notably at Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Tate Modern, and Cannes Film Market. She has designed and implemented solutions for tech-giants such as Oculus, Facebook, and Adobe, and has been featured in over 70+ media articles across radio, newspaper, and TV. Jessie is a Winston Churchill Fellow, Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artist Fellow and a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Innovation Talent.