Monash medical students 'highly commended' in Undergraduate Awards

SCS medical student
Jia Hui Lee

Congratulations School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health (SCS) medical students Jia Hui Lee, Robert Little and Thomas Hvala, Highly Commended Entrants in the internationally competitive and prestigious Undergraduate Awards.

Cited as the ultimate champion for high potential undergraduates, The Undergraduate Awards is the world's only pan-discipline academic awards program that identifies leading creative thinkers through their undergraduate coursework.

Jia Hui's paper, "Psychiatry Case Report - An Acute Psychotic Episode" performed in the top 10%  of all submissions in the Medical Sciences category, representing Monash University.  

Having been assessed by a panel of academics from universities around the world, Jia Hui, Robert and Thomas were shortlisted among the 50 winners.  

As a Highly Commended Entrant, these students are identified as outstanding academics at the international level," said Mr Owen Murphy, International Engagement Manager of the Undergraduate Awards.

This year, the Undergraduate Awards received 5,117 submissions from students in 255 universities across 39 countries.

On September 23, The Undergraduate Awards will announce their final winners, the top performer in each of the 25 categories in both the Irish and International programs.  All winners receive a free ticket to the Undergraduate Awards Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland in November.