Heath Ledger Career Development Scholarships
Five outstanding researchers from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research have been awarded the inaugural Heath Ledger Career Development Scholarships.
The scholarships, presented today by Heath's father Kim Ledger, will enable the researchers to attend conferences and visit research groups nationally and overseas.
Institute Director, Professor Stanley, said the scholarships would enable the researchers to meet, learn and share their work with some of the best people in their fields.
"These scholarships are so important for these researchers, not only in their own career development but in the knowledge that they will gain and bring back to Western Australia," Professor Stanley said.
"It's through trips like these that we are able to ensure that children in our state continue to benefit from the very latest thinking in these challenging disease and developmental areas."
The recipients are:
Dr Alexander Larcombe
(Children's environmental research)
Attendance at the 8th International Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application
Visits to Paediatric Respiratory and Environmental Medicine at the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
Dr Anthony Bosco
(Asthma research)
Travel to the United States of America to receive training in statistical genetics and participate in the analysis of what is arguably the most important experiment ever conducted in asthma genetics.
Dr Hannah Moore
(Infection diseases research)
Travel to Sydney and Canberra to enhance collaborations with key individuals around the area of infectious diseases
Dr Monique Robinson
(Mental health research)
Attendance at the Marcé Society and the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development Visit with collaborators at Columbia University in New York and McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.
Dr Jenny Downs
(Disability research)
Travel to four conferences including the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine (and the 7th World Congress on Rett Syndrome, New Orleans.
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