Teaching - Academic Prizes

Department

Prizes Awarded

Anatomy & Developmental Biology

• David de Krester Prize
  
  This prize is awarded to the student with the highest aggregate mark in DEV2011, DEV2022, DEV3011 and DEV3022. The prize, valued at $1000, is named after Professor David de Kretser, former head of the Department and Director of the Institute of Reproduction and Development.

• The STUART STONE MEDAL (with $500 cash prize) is awarded at the Honours year level

• 2nd year students (BCH2011/22 & MOL2011/22) Best Biochemistry Student

• PERKIN ELMER LIFE SCIENCES AWARD (with cash prize of $200 each student)

• Ed Westaway Prize - $200 and certificate to top Microbiology Honours student.

• Australian Society for Microbiology – this award is made to the top student in both 2nd Yr and 3rd Yr Microbiology, on the recommendation of the HoD.

• Yakult Prize for General Excellence in Microbiology - $250 – awarded annually to a top student in 3rd Yr of BSc. Assessment will be made on basis of examination, essays and practical work and be nominated by HoD.

• The Solly Faine Prize - $100 and an engraved medallion awarded to student who achieves the highest mark in the infectious diseases component of MED3062.

• Jean Tolhurst Prize in Microbiology. A prize to the student who achieves the highest mark in the microbiology component of the 4th exam. (This prize is awarded by the Trustees at the Alfred Hospital.)

Pharmacology

• Boura Prize For the top honours student

• Bentley Prize For the top 3rd year science student who goes on to do honours

Physiology

• G D Thorburn Prize In recognition of the contribution of the former head of the Department of Physiology, Professor Geoffrey Donald Thorburn, this prize to the value of $200, is awarded annually to the best student in fourth-year level Physiology, either in the Faculty of Science BSc(Hons) or the Faculty of Medicine BmedSci course

• Physiology Prize This prize, to the value of $200, is awarded annually to the best student enrolled on twenty-four points of third-year physiology subjects offered in the Faculty of Science.

• MacLab Prize This prize, to the value of $300, is awarded annually to the best student enrolled in sixteen points of second-year level physiology subjects offered in the Faculty of Science.

Year 1

• MIA Year 1 Highest Aggregate Award

• Shimadzu Year 1 Radiographic Imaging and Methods Prize

Year 2

• Agfa Scholarship RAD2052 DVI prize

• Mallinckrodt Highest Aggregate Award

Year 3

• ATL Ultrasound Prize

• Toshiba CT prize

Year 4

• Philips Prize fro MR

• Mayne Health Prize for Clinical Excellence (across all years of the course)

• The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Prize for the best project in selective studies in medical imaging