The Young Investigator Award, now in its tenth year, is a highly successful event rewarding excellence in South Australia's young researchers in both science and their ability to communicate and 'sell' that science. The Award is an initiative of the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide. The University of South Australia and Flinders University are also partners in the Award together with the Women's and Children's Health Research Institute, the Royal Institution of Australia, Medvet and the Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation.
The finals of the Young Investigator Award were held on Thursday 15 October at the Science Exchange, Royal Institution of Australia.
The winner of the tenth Young Investigator Award for 2009 was:
Alison Care, PhD candidate - NHMRC Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Scholar, Research Centre for Reproductive Health, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide for her research examining Why the immune system counts during pregnancy.
For more information about YIA, contact:
Dr Andrea Averis
Chair, YIA Committee
Director Research Administration
Children, Youth and Women's Health Service
Women's and Children's Hospital Campus
North Adelaide SA 5006
AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 8 8161 7703
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