Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah nominated for Data Innovation Award

Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah has been nominated for a 

Research Australia award

Research Australia have published the select list of nominees for this year's annual health and medical research awards. See Monash's full list here.

Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah from Central Clinical School has been nominated by Prof Geoff Webb, Monash University & A/Prof Sharon Chenn, ICPMR, Westmead Hospital for her work on invasive fungal infections (IFIs), which are rare, neglected diseases that target people with low immunity such as cancer patients and people undergoing organ transplants.

Dr Ananda-Rajah and her team are using artificial intelligence software that uses existing radiology images and notes from the hospital to detect and manage IFIs. see below for detail about the project.

Congratulations to Eric Chow on Research Australia recognition!

Dr Eric Chow's Research Australia award: 
Highly Commended category

Over the past 100 years, it has been commonly understood that gonorrhoea is mainly passed on by condom-less sexual intercourse.

Dr Eric Chow from Monash University's Central Clinical School and Alfred Health's Melbourne Sexual Health Centre has completely changed the direction of this theory through his findings that the throat is the main driver for transmission, and been recognised for his achievement by Research Australia.

Congratulations to 2017 Data Innovation Award Winner, Professor Helmut Butzkueven

Prof Helmut Butzkueven receiving Research
Australia's Data Innovation award

Professor Helmut Butzkueven is joining the new Monash Department of Neurosciences. His work was recently recognised in  Research Australia's annual awards in the category of Data Innovation. Professor Butzkueven is an academic neurologist specialising in management of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and real-world MS outcomes research.  

See full story at:
researchaustralia.org/2017-data-innovation-award-winner-professor-helmut-butzkueven/