Awards for Excellence in RHD Supervision

2012 Award winners for Excellence in RHD Supervision - Professor Richard Morgan, Professor Jenny Ziviani and Professor Stephen Adkins

Approximately 4000 students are enrolled in research higher degrees at UQ, and their success is underpinned by advisors who guide them through their candidature.

Since 2000, UQ has acknowledged and rewarded outstanding advisors through the Awards for Excellence in RHD Supervision. 

 

2012 Award winners for Excellence in RHD Supervision

	Professor Richard Morgan School of Mechanical & Mining Engineering
	Professor Jenni Ziviani School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
	Professor Stephen Adkins School of Agriculture & Food Sciences

2012 Highly Commended

Professor Bill Vicenzino
Bill is the Head of Physiotherapy within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, with other positions including being a Director on the Board of the Australian Physiotherapy Council and Chief Investigator on an NHMRC grant that helps facilitate RHD and post-doc training.  Bill has supervised 13 PhD students to graduation, several of whom have won Dean’s commendations, with others published in top-end medical and multi-disciplinary journals. A further nine RHD students are currently under his guidance.  He believes it is an imperative that research dissemination is part of the research training process, and that the candidate’s research training involves written and conference communications.  This commendation recognises his considerable contribution to the mentoring of research higher degree students at UQ.
 

Dr Barbara Sullivan
Barbara is from the School of Political Science & International Studies and has supervised 12 research higher degree students to completion, nine as Principal Advisor, and has a further 10 students either under examination or under supervision.  A firm believer in equipping students with key information gathering skills right from the start of their candidature, Barbara develops flexibility, open-mindedness and creativity in her students’ approach to research.  This commendation denotes outstanding supervisory practice and recognises a considerable contribution to the mentoring of research higher degree students at UQ.

About

The University of Queensland has a long-standing international reputation for research training excellence, which includes outstanding supervision for its 4000 research higher degree (RHD) students.
UQ Advisors are pivotal in mentoring, guiding and supporting candidates through their research degrees. For over 10 years, UQ has acknowledged and rewarded exceptional advisors through the Awards for Excellence in RHD Supervision.

Guidelines & Forms

Deadlines and Important Dates

Deadline for Application: Monday 28 May 2012
Applicants short-listed: Tuesday 3 July 2012
Interviews for short-listed applicants: Thursday 12 July 2012
Photographs for the 2012 Discovery Report: Week beginning 16 July 2012
Awards Presentation Ceremony: Research Week, 17 to 21 September 2012
 

For more information, please contact the UQ Advantage team in the Graduate School.
 

	2012 Award Guidelines Information about the awards and application process
	Candidate Outcomes Used by applicants to provide summary information about current, submitted, awarded and withdrawn UQ RHD candidates, including the dissemination of work arising from the candidature and post-candidature outcomes
	Referee Report Used by the Graduate School to obtain confidential reports about applicants.

 

Honour Board

Awards for Excellence in RHD Supervision
2012	Professor Jenny Ziviani Professor Richard Morgan Professor Stephen Adkins
2011	Professor John Macarthur Professor Louise Hickson Associate Professor Rowan Truss
2010	Professor Ottmar Lipp Professor Zhiguo Yuan Professor Ian Godwin Associate Professor Melissa Brown
2009	Professor Paul Hodges
2008	Professor Michael Jennings Professor Bruce Murdoch Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
2007	Associate Professor Richard Baldauf Professor David Craik Dr Sarah Roberts-Thomson
2006	Associate Professor Anne Goldizen Professor Max Lu
2005	Dr Don Cameron (early career advisor) Professor Jürg Keller Professor Hugh Possingham Associate Professor Janet Wiles
2004	Professor Tian Oei Associate Professor Gimme Walter
2003	Professor Maria Orlowska
2002	Professor Victor Callan Associate Professor Edgar Conrad Dr Margaret Shapiro
2001	Associate Professor Steve Adkins Associate Professor Carolyn Baker Professor Ross Smith
2000	Dr Paul Lant Professor Bruce Murdoch

Early Career Advisor Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision
2010	Dr Noel Scott

Commendation for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision
2012	Professor Bill Vicenzino Dr Barbara Sullivan
2011	Dr Martin Crotty
2010	Professor Louise Hickson Associate Professor Andrew Bradley
2008	Associate Professor Michael Emmison Professor Paul Hodges
2006	Dr Sarah Roberts-Thomson
2004	Associate Professor Mike Bennett
2003	Associate Professor Bernie Degnan Professor Jürg Keller Associate Professor Janet Wiles
2002	Associate Professor Maree Smith Associate Professor Carole Ferrier
2000	Professor Steve Adkins Professor Helen Tiffin Professor Deborah Terry

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