Pictured: 2021 SCS Award Winners L-R top row: Dr Marijke Mitchell, Dr Sarah Jones, Dr Joshua Ooi, Dr Filippe Oliveira, bottom row: Dr Tammie Choi, Dr Phyllis Chua, Katrina Long
SCS Excellence in Research award winners
Early Career Researcher Award: Dr Marijke Mitchell
This annual award recognises research excellence relative to career opportunity by young researchers with up to five years of experience post-PhD or up to 10 years of experience post PhD with Career Interruptions.
Future Leaders Award: Dr Sarah Jones
This annual award recognises research excellence relative to career opportunities by Mid-Career researchers who demonstrate research leadership potential with up to 10 years of experience post-PhD or up to 15 years of experience post-PhD with career interruptions.
Research Enterprise Award: Dr Joshua Ooi
This annual award recognises excellence by researchers who have achieved, or are currently achieving excellence in innovation and enterprise. The award celebrates successful, enduring partnerships with industry, government and other organisations.
SCS Excellence in Teaching award winners
Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning: Dr Filippe Oliveira
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”: Dr Oliveira created sustained high-quality educational experiences through kindness and an enthusiastic learning environment in undergraduate teaching and professional development courses.
Innovation in Learning: Dr Tammie Choi
Dr Choi worked with members of the dietetic teaching team, the international students and international alumni and to create innovative approaches to better support learning for international students, both onshore and offshore, allowing them to progress on time during the challenges presented during the Covid pandemic. These alternative strategies will be implemented with new partners and extended post-pandemic
Programs that enhance Learning Award
Led by Dr Phyllis Chua, including Mrs Seema Dua, Dr Laura Pejnovic, Michelle Kehoe, Katrina Long, Kaylene Hanlon, Jackie Conheady, Renate Hoffman, Kirsty Pope, Dave Peters, Ingrid Ozols AM, Stephanie Swain, Chris Brooks, Chloe Lacey
The team created a novel Undergraduate Certificate in Mental Health, a collaborative and innovative program developed across several departments and schools. This new course addressed a need to educate a diverse non-specialist workforce. Its impact on the community will hopefully also translate to lives saved and improved through informed and better care, and less stigma for those experiencing mental illnesses and distress.
