Advisor of the Year Awards 2023
The Advisor of the Year Awards aim to encourage and reward staff who have excelled in the supervision of Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates at the Doctoral, Research Masters and/or Honours levels. Winners are selected for these awards by the Research Education Sub-Committee based on nominations from their students.
Primary Advisor of the Year
Nominated advisors must have a track record of successful HDR candidate outcomes. The award is made for engagement in high quality supervisory practice.
- Prof Wei Xiang - College of Science and Engineering
Highly Commended
- A/Prof Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi - College of Science and Engineering
- Dr Phurpa Wangchuck - Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
- A/Prof Sue Devine - College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
Advisory Panel Member of the Year
Nominated advisors must have a track record of successful HDR candidate outcomes. The award is made for engagement in high quality team supervisory practice.
- Dr David Wilson - Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
Highly Commended
- A/Prof Nerina Caltabiano - College of Healthcare Sciences
Advisory Panel of the Year
Nominated teams must have a track record of successful HDR candidate outcomes. The award is made for engagement in high quality team supervisory practice.
- Dr Kristin Wicking - College of Healthcare Science
- A/Prof Nichole Harvey - College of Medicine and Dentistry
- Dr Karen Yates - College of Healthcare Science
Highly Commended
- Adj. Chair Prof John Hamilton - College of Business, Law and Governance & The Cairns Institute
- Dr Signwhat Tee - College of Business, Law and Governance
- Dr Michael Underdown - The Cairns Institute
- Prof Maree Dinan-Thompson - Education Division
- A/Prof Nerina Caltabiano - College of Healthcare Science
Excellence in Graduate Research Leadership
This award is for inspirational and effective leadership in graduate education at College or Divisional level encouraging and embedding collaboration, cross sectoral engagement and high impact and socially beneficial research outcomes.
- Prof Beverley Glass - College of Medicine and Dentistry
- Prof Mohan Jacob - College of Science and Engineering
Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research
This is award is for initiated or supported innovative and transformational engagement between HDR candidates and industry partners OR an Industry partner on an advisory panel who has shown outstanding commitment and engagement to the success of one or more HDR candidates enabling their integration into an industry linked research environment.
- A/Prof Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi - College of Science and Engineering
Advisory Community Photographic Award
This award is for an image of an advisory community (including advisors and HDR candidates) that reflects how they successfully work together as a community.
- Dr Amanda Krause - College of Healthcare Sciences