The Florey Next Generation Award (formerly CSL Florey Next Generation) is a new award conferred to a current PhD candidate who has demonstrated outstanding capability, creativity and potential in the biomedical sciences and/or health and medical research. This award was developed from the earlier CSL Young Florey Medal.

It has been developed to encourage and support promising health and medical researchers early in their careers, and to complement the Florey Medal which is awarded biennially to an Australian biomedical researcher for significant achievements in biomedical science or human health advancement and is now supported by AIPS.

The AIPS Florey Next Generation Award includes a $20,000 prize, and two runner-up prizes of $2,500 each.

2024 Florey Next Generation Award Winner – Luis Garcia Marin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Luis’s research in neuroimaging genetics aims to uncover how our genes, brain structure, behaviour, and mental health are interconnected. By using advanced statistical modelling and machine learning on large genetic, brain imaging, sleep, and mental health datasets, Luis seeks to identify the biological mechanisms that influence brain structure and the risk of mental health conditions. Understanding which genes are involved in these variations is crucial for developing targeted therapies and personalised treatments.

The two runner ups were:

• Dr Yin Yuan – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and University of Melbourne
• Chelsea Mayoh – Children’s Cancer Institute

Details of their research can be found here.

Previous recipients of the Florey Next Generation Award

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