The Rudd government recognised the extraordinary work of nine of Australia’s best health and medical researchers today with the announcement of the National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Fellowships.
Australian National University (ANU) Professor Christopher Goodnow, was among the nine researchers recognized for his work as one of Australia’s leading immunologists.
The Australia Fellowship will allow his team at the ANU, together with a national network of collaborators, to start a new initiative aimed at identifying the root cause of auto-immune disease – as well as allergy, inadequate immunity to infection, and lymphoid malignancy – by applying new technologies of massively parallel DNA, sequencing and flow cytomery.
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy congratulated Professor Goodnow for his contribution to the ACT and Australian community.
“This is an outstanding achievement for Professor Goodnow and the ANU community, his research and contribution is making a difference to improve health in Australia and across the world,” Senator Lundy said.
The Australia Fellowships are Australia’s most prestigious award for excellence in the fields of health and medical research and recognize those researchers with the vision and application to tackle some of the biggest health issues facing society today.
Recipients of the Australia Fellowship each received a specially minted commemorative medal and $4m million in funding towards their nominated research project.
Media contact: Annika Hutchins (Senator Kate Lundy) 0407 458 882
