Awards and Honours - 2005

Australian Institute of Physics Massey Medal
Professor Peter Drummond (School of Physical Science)

GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence; and 2005 Eisenhower Fellowship
Professor Melissa Little (Institute for Molecular Bioscience)

Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Roche Medal and 2005 Queensland Smart Women – Smart State Award
Associate Professor Jennifer Martin (Institute for Molecular Bioscience)

Cure Cancer Australia’s Young Researcher of the Year PhD Award
David Bryant (Institute for Molecular Bioscience)

2005 Queensland Smart Women – Smart State Awards
Wai Yiq Leong (Postgraduate student)
Helen Possett (Physiotherapist and lecturer)
Bodil Cass (Undergraduate student)
Jennifer Riesz (Postgraduate student)

2005 Australia Day honours
• Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
Dr Jean Calder (Former lecturer in physical education)

• Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
Elizabeth Nosworthy (Adjunct Professor of Law)

• Member in the General Division (AM)
Professor William (Bill) Coman (Head of the Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery)
Professor John De Jersey (UQ graduate and Senator; Deputy Executive Dean, Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences)
The late Dr Peter Henry (former Director, Central Animal Breeding House, and of the Waste Use Research Project)
Professor Peter Swannell (former senior lecturer in Civil Engineering and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southern Queensland)

• Medal in the General Division (OAM)
Dr Penny Tripcony (former Deputy Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit)
Dr Pam Turnock (MBBS (honours) graduate)
Dr John Stanton (Stan) Mellick (honorary research consultant and former senior lecturer to the School of English, Media Studies and Art History)
Vincent Vandeleur (Law graduate)

• Public Service Medal
Edward (Ted) Gardner (Adjunct Associate Professor in the Schools of Agronomy and Horticulture and Land and Food Sciences)

2005 Federation Fellowships
Professor John Mattick, AO (Institute for Molecular Bioscience)
Associate Professor Bostjan Kobe (School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences)

UQ Award for Excellence in Research High Degree Supervision 2004
Professor Tian Oei (School of Psychology)
Associate Professor Gimme Walter (School of Integrative Biology)

2005 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science
Professor Ian Frazer (Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research)

Appointment to Australian Research Council College of Experts
Professor John Foster (School of Economics)
Professor Peter Koopman (Institute for Molecular Bioscience)
Professor Gerard Milburn (School of Physical Sciences)

Appointment as Fellow, Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Professor Mike Gidley (Director, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences)

Election as President, Regional Science Association International
Professor Bob Stimson (School of Geography, Planning and Architecture and Director of the Centre for Research into Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures)

Appointment to National Research Priority Standing Committee
Associate Professor Bob Beeton (School of Natural and Rural Systems Management)

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