Faculty fellowships awarded for early career researchers and postdoctoral future leaders
Monash Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences has awarded 16 Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowships and seven Future Leader Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025.
Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowships support the career development of final year PhD students and early career researchers at academic levels A or B, up to 5 years post-PhD. Each fellowship comprises an award valued at up to $80,000. Future Leader Postdoctoral Fellowships are targeted at early career researchers who have applied for an external fellowships or grant throughout the year but were unsuccessful. Each fellowship comprises an award valued at up to $120,000 with up to $60,000 from the faculty, matched with up to $60,000 from the researcher’s school to provide full salary support.
Successful recipients and their projects include:
Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr Yasith Mathangasinghe | Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute | Discovering therapeutic candidates that can promote human remyelination using iPSC-derived Multiple Sclerosis organoids | |
Dr Mike Rice | Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute | Unveiling the activation requirements of unconventional T cells | |
Dr Kyna Conn | Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute | What are the neural mechanisms underlying compulsive exercise in anorexia nervosa? | |
Dr Josh Bourne | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health | Targeting microglia migration to limit ischaemic stroke progression | |
Dr Macsue Jacques | Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute | Title: Characterizing Multi-Omics Mechanisms Underlying Cardiac-Skeletal Muscle Crosstalk in Ageing. | |
Wilson Wu | Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute | Exploring the mechanisms by which hepatic SEC22B controls glucagon actions | |
Rebecca Cornell | Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute | Deciphering neuronal regulation of systemic mitochondrial health | |
Dr Dylan Curtin | School of Psychological Sciences | Effects of transcranial ultrasound stimulation on motor skill learning | |
Dr Tingting Ye | School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine | Greenspace, Air Pollution and Mental Wellbeing in Children | |
Dr Zhen Zhou | School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine | Development and Validation of a Frailty Index Using Routine Clinical Data Collected from the STAREE Trial | |
Dr Jason Ray | School of Translational Medicine | The impact of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibodies on bone health: a case-control study | |
Dr Wenhua Yu | School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine | Projecting future global bushfire-related air pollution and mortality burden using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology | |
Dr Alexandra Chung | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health | Protecting and Promoting Healthy Diets for Young Australians | |
Dr Shuang Zhou | School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine | Protecting children and adolescents from bushfire sourced PM2.5: Mapping Burden, Identifying vulnerable groups, and Developing Interventions | |
Dr Jingni He | School of Translational Medicine | Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Response to Multiple Sclerosis Disease-Modifying Therapies | |
Dr Will O'Brien | School of Translational Medicine | Providing a Neurobiological Basis for The Diagnosis and Management of Sport-Related Concussion | |
Future Leader Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr Nenad Macesic | School of Translational Medicine | Disrupting Antimicrobial Resistance in High-Risk Settings Through Artificial Intelligence and ‘Omics Technologies | |
Dr Alexander Wolkow | School of Psychological Sciences | Targeting Leaders to Enhance Sleep Health in Emergency Services | |
Dr Long Le | School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine | A Vision to Reform Better Access Program for Mental Health Services in Australia | |
Dr Susie Cartledge | School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine | Improving secondary prevention of heart disease through co-designed patient education and state-wide evaluation | |
Dr Wael Abdelhady | Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute | Harnessing Mucosal-associated invariant T cells for improved immunity | |
Dr Jay Jha | School of Translational Medicine | Investigating novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers of chronic kidney disease in diabetes | |
Dr Poh Yi Gan | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health | Restoring Immune Homeostasis and Reversing Kidney injury in Chronic Kidney Disease | |
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