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This annual award is made to a medical researcher or clinician working within Australia who has made an outstanding contribution in the area of progressive neurological disorders or palliative care, either in basic or clinical research activities. First awarded in 1998, the medal includes a grant of $5,000.
The inaugural winner of the medal was Professor Ian Maddocks, Professor of Palliative Care at the International Institute of Hospice Studies, The Flinders University of South Australia.
Nominations are sought from the research institutions and individual researchers and or practitioners involved in the areas of progressive neurological disorders and palliative care areas.The Trustees choose the recipient from among these nominations .
The medal is presented at an annual gathering of researchers and invited guests.
At the same time, all grant recipients are awarded a plaque from the Foundation to commemorate their research.
PREVIOUS MEDAL WINNERS
1998 Professor Ian Maddocks Professor of Palliative Care,International Institue of Hospice Studies, The Flinders University of South Australia
1999 Dr Lawrence Austin Neurochemistry and Muscle Biochemistry, Monash University and Melbourne Neuromuscular Research Centre
2000 Dr Perry Bartlett Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
2001 Professor Colin Masters Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne
2002 Emeritus Professor James McLeod Emeritus Professor of Neurology of the University of Sydney
2003 Professor Edward Byrne Founding Director of Centre for Neuroscience . The University of Melbourne
2004 Professor Claude Bernard Foundation Director, Neuroimmunology Laboratory, La Trobe University
2005 Professor Frederick Mendelsohn Director, Howard Florey Institute .
2006 Professor Michael Ashby Director, Centre for Palliative Care, The University of Melbourne
2007 Professor Ashley Bush, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow at the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria (Australia) and a co-founding scientist of Prana.
2008 Professor Geoffrey Donnan, Director of the Florey Neuroscience Institutes and Professor of Neurology, University of Melbourne (Department of Medicine) in Australia; co-founder of the Australian Stroke Trials Network (ASTN) and Neurosciences Trials Australia (NTA).
2009 Professor Sam Berkovic, Director of both the Epilepsy Research Centre of the University of Melbourne and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at Austin Health.
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