University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.
To recognise these achievements, an article is published on the UWA news page on the website and in UWA Forward on the first week of every month. If you know of great awards or achievements across the University please email [email protected]
Name: Professor Tony Celenza
Achievement: UWA’s Head of Emergency Medicine Professor Tony Celenza received $2,918,995 from the Medical Research Future Fund’s Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative. OPERATE: Older Persons Early Recognition Access and Treatment in Emergencies is focussed on improving emergency health care for older people with cognitive decline or acute illness. The project will implement, coordinate and evaluate strategies including better care at home rather than in hospitals, streamlined ED and hospital care when necessary, and ensuring safe discharge and ongoing care.
Name: Dr Cathy Sucher
Achievement: Dr Sucher, an Adjunct Research Fellow with the UWA Medical School, has secured $250,000 from the Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) Fellowship program to improve awareness and uptake of cochlear implants. Dr Sucher will undertake a 9-month project with Cochlear Ltd, a global leader in implantable hearing solutions, to develop skills in the best practice of product development and commercialisation processes. Dr Sucher will develop curated counselling materials for a digital decision-aid tool for mainstream audiology clinics to improve the quality of cochlear implant discussion and follow ups.
Congratulations to our UWA staff.