Associate Professor Cassandra Szoeke
National Ageing Research Institute Research Field: Healthy Ageing Australia is facing what could be described as an Alzheimer’s epidemic. The number of people with Alzheimer’s Dementia is set to increase by five times by 2050. Most research has been focused on the later stages. A/Prof Szoeke dedicates her research and clinical expertise towards prevention and…
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Murdoch Children’s Research Institute / University of Melbourne Research Field: Paediatrics/Newborn Medicine Advances in medicine over the past two decades have improved survival rates for babies born very early. However, surviving children born very preterm (between 2-4 months early at 23-32 weeks of gestation) remain at risk of a range of movement, learning, behaviour and…
Read More »Dr David Turner
Monash University Research Field: Chemistry How can we best trap or detect molecules and how do molecules pack together to form materials? Dr Turner seeks to understand how molecules are attracted to each other and fit together allowing us to develop new materials for deliberately interacting with biologically or environmentally important molecules. David explores compounds…
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CSIRO Research Field: Surface and Interface Science Dr Scholes is working to improve the future of solar energy and the potential for flexible and cost effective solutions. She has applied her expertise in the characterisation of surfaces and interfaces to high sensitivity chemical detection, self-healing paint coatings, and organic solar cells, including for better paint…
Read More »Dr Matthew Hill
CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering Research Field: Materials Chemistry Dr Hill has developed ultra-porous materials known as metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for use in gas storage, purification, and delivery. Bonding a gas to a surface means it packs in many times more densely than possible as a compressed gas and the MOFs he has developed…
Read More »Dr Yin Paradies
University of Melbourne Research Field: Social Epidemiology Dr Paridies researches the extent of racism and its health, social and economic consequences and is internationally recognised as an expert in this field. He seeks to understand the detrimental effects of racism that occur through inequitable or reduced access to societal resources such as employment, education, housing…
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