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2009 Staff Excellence Awards
We would like to acknowledge those faculty members who received a Staff Excellence Award at a ceremony in December 2009. These awards recognise staff who have demonstrated excellence through sustained performance or a single one-off success throughout the year.
- Excellence in Leadership and People Management - Ms Shale Preston
- Excellence in Innovation - Ms Karen Walker
- Highly Commended in Enhancing the Student Experience - Mr Gordon Rees
- Excellence in Community Engagement - Group Recipients - Football United Team, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
For more information and the full list of awards: http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/osds/awards.html
Photos from Dean's Awards presentation 2009
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More information about these awards: http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/DeansAwards
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Research News |
Orientation to Research
This program is aimed at all new research staff wishing to become acquainted with the UNSW research environment or existing staff who would like a more cohesive picture of research at UNSW. The program will cover topics such as the context for nationally competitive grant funding, UNSW research strengths and strategic research directions as well as sources of support available to researchers. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet key research personnel.
25 February 2010 - register by 13 Feb
26 August 2010 - register by 13 Aug
More Information, including link to registration: http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/researchne#or
Early Career Research Program
The Early Career Research@UNSW program is designed to assist researchers at UNSW starting or re-starting their careers to improve their research effectiveness, confidence and productivity. A mentor will be selected to support and assist each participant throughout the program.
Applications close: 12 February 2010
More Information: http://www.dvcresearch.unsw.edu.au/training.html
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OHS News |
New OHS Support Coordinator for the Faculty of Medicine
With Richard Szczepanski retiring from UNSW, OHS Support will be provided by Martina Lavin. Martina has been with the OHS Unit for the past 10 years and specializes in chemical safety. She will reside in Richard’s old office, room 210 of the AGSM building and can be contacted via:
Update from the Medicine OHS task Force
Late last year an OHS task force was set up by the Dean to assess the level of compliance with OHS systems in laboratory facilities and the overall standard of safety being observed by laboratory personnel. Ken Wyse is the leader of this OHS taskforce team. Ken has over 20 years of experience working in an electrophysiology laboratory and previously sat on the OHS committee for the Garvan Institute for a number of years.
The taskforce began with an inspection of Medicine’s newest research facility: the Lowy Cancer Research Centre. An initial inspection of level 2 was conducted in the last week of December with a major focus on chemical storage, labelling, collection of biological and chemical waste and compliance with personal protective equipment. On February 1st the area was reinspected by members of the task force. A message of congratulations is extended to Sarika Singh and her staff on level 2 for their tremendous effort in addressing corrective actions and improving the area.
Special thanks are also extended to the following people:
- Allison Arndt for tailoring the UNSW waste management procedure to the Lowy building
- Dr Pierre Dilda for sorting out the chemical store and having compliant labels on all decanted chemical bottles.
- Professor Wendy Jessup who is writing the radiation safety policy for the building.
The task force will be inspecting all areas occupied by Medicine staff and students, both on and off campus.
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Current Events & News Stories |
One day seminar 'Isolated Cases?' - a one-day seminar marking 100 years of medical research in Australia
Date: 21 February 2010
Venue: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Further information:
To view the comprehensive programme and outstanding faculty for this event, please see - http://www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au/RPA/Museum/pdfs/Isolated_Cases.pdf or contact Peter Hobbins (peter_hobbins@bigpond.com or 02 9569 5561) or Kathi Hillier (khillier@mail.usyd.edu.au or 02 9515-9201).
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