2020 Graduate Research Symposium

Central Clinical School's (CCS) annual postgraduate symposium aims to improve the visibility of students and their research projects on a larger scale and celebrate their achievements. PhD students throughout the ARA precinct (Baker & Burnet Institutes and CCS) have the opportunity to explain their research to peers and colleagues. By participating, they can foster collaborations, networking and a greater awareness of the ARA based expertise and research. Students can make either oral presentations, which are judged by a panel of senior academics and postdocs. Attractive monetary prizes are awarded for outstanding work.

2020 Symposium

Details

Winners

Oral Presentation

  • 1st - Nurul Aisha Zainal Abidin (ACBD) - $400
  • 2nd - Maria Pia Campagna (Neuroscience) - $200
  • 3rd - Sarah Griffith (Neuroscience) - $100
  • People's choice - Sarah Griffith (Neuroscience) - $50
  • Committee's choice award - Maria Pia Campagna (Neuroscience)

Science Byte Presentation

  • 1st - Liyen Katrina Kan (Neuroscience) - $200
  • 2nd - Paige Gray (Psychiatry) - $125
  • 3rd -  Georgia Symons (Neuroscience) - $75
  • People's choice - Robb Wesselingh (Neuroscience) - $50
  • Committee's choice award - Giulia Iacono (Immunology)

Raffle prize

  • Student best question prizes - Muhammad Shahid Javaid (Neuroscience) $50 and Georgia Symons (Neuroscience) $50
  • Student question raffle prize - Natasha Setiabakti (ACBD) - $50

Great Debate

  • Staff team (Prof Helmut Butzkueven, Prof Nicola Harris and Dr Carlos Rosaldo)
  • Best Debater - Prof Helmut Butzkueven

Explain My Graph (introduced at the 2014 symposium)

In this extempore session, participants are given 3-4 data and summary slides from outside their specialty area and will have to present these slides to the audience. Each speaker gets 5 minutes to present the slides, followed by 2 minutes of questions from the audience. The best presenter wins the session and a prize.

  • Dr Maithili Sashindranath (ACBD)

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