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| SCS PhD student Ms Heidi Fettke |
Congratulations Heidi Fettke, a translational PhD student at
the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health (SCS), who has been awarded
the prestigious Nairn Prize in Immunology.
The Nairn Prize is given to the top Honours student each
year enrolled in immunology at Monash University.
Heidi was awarded the Nairn Prize in Immunology for her Bachelor
of Science (Honours) project, where she investigated the potential role of the
c-Myc oncogene in driving expression of an immuno-inhibitory molecule, PD-L1,
in glioblastoma tumours (a lethal brain cancer). Heidi completed her project under the
supervision of Professor Terrance Johns, Centre for Cancer Research at the
Hudson Institute of Medical Research.
Heidi is currently researching biomarkers in metastatic
castration-resistant prostate cancer under the supervision of Associate
Professor Arun Azad, Department of Medicine.
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