Education excellence recognised at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health
Four educators from the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health have been recognised in the 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards, highlighting practice-ready, collaborative teaching across health disciplines.
Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching - ATLAS Team
Dr Lisa Barker (Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health) with colleagues across the School of Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice-President, was recognised for developing and implementing ATLAS (Authentic Teaching, Learning and Simulation).
ATLAS uses generative AI to simulate unscripted professional encounters so students can practise communication and reasoning before placements, now 2,000+ students, 20,000+ conversations, across seven faculties.
Team pictured: A/Professor Joanne Blannin, Dr Helmy Cook, Dr Rosemarie Herbert, Dr Joel David Moore, Dr Amna Mazeh, Bethany Howard, Dr Lisa Barker, Dr Angelina Lim, and Emily Stokes
Award for Educational Leadership
Professor Janeane Dart (Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food) was recognised for research-informed leadership that has transformed how professionalism is taught and assessed in dietetics, embedding programmatic and transformative models now adopted internationally.
Award for Industry Education Programs
Dr Marijke Mitchell was recognised for a simulation-based program (in partnership with Monash Health) that trains clinicians to recognise and manage behavioural deterioration in paediatrics with the same rigour as physiological deterioration, delivered to 350+ clinicians, improving confidence, teamwork and safety.
Award for Programs that Enhance Learning - The Power of Partnerships: Co-Designing Curriculum With Students to Enhance Planetary Health
Dr Liza Barbour (Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food) with colleagues across the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences (Malaysia), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was recognised for embedding planetary health education through an 18-month fellowship co-designed with 49 students and 18 educators from 12 disciplines, reaching 5,000+ students in Australia and Malaysia with published tools and resources.
Left to right from top row Dr Liza Barbour, Associate Professor Meredith Hughes, Sam Hingley, Dr Kyi Kyi Tha, Dr Sarah McGuinness, Roz Williamson, Dr Reyhan Akhtar, Dr Joanne Caldwell, Dr Sonja McKeown, Dr Angelina Lim
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Across Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, 15 winners and 22 nominees were honoured this year. These four awards highlight the School’s leadership in innovative, practice-focused education.