{"id":2612,"date":"2016-10-25T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=wimr_news&p=2612"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:26:36","slug":"new-vice-chancellors-award-for-outstanding-research-goes-to-westmead-institute-scientists","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/new-vice-chancellors-award-for-outstanding-research-goes-to-westmead-institute-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"New Vice Chancellor\u2019s Award for Outstanding Research Goes to Westmead Institute Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Westmead Institute researchers Professor Jacob George and Associate Professor Sarah Palmer have both received a new Award for Outstanding Research from the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n

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A\/Prof Sarah Palmer, Prof Tony Cunningham & Prof Jacob George<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n

A highlight of Research Week (October 24-28) at the University, the prestigious awards were presented at the inaugural Vice Chancellor\u2019s Awards for Excellence in the Great Hall.<\/p>\n

The new program expands on existing award schemes already in place at the University, recognising and bringing visibility to exceptional performance in research, education and professional service.<\/p>\n

Professor George<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0A\/Prof Palmer<\/a>\u00a0were judged on the excellence, novelty and distinctiveness of their research, as well as the cumulative impact of their respective research over time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A\/Prof Palmer, who is leading research at The Westmead Institute into a possible cure for HIV, said her award belonged to all the participants who enrolled in clinical trials and donated samples to the research.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to share this award with my present and former research groups \u2013 they\u2019ve supported all the work which is being recognised.\u201d<\/p>\n

In receiving his award, Professor George echoed the comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis award belongs in full measure to the team at the Storr Liver Centre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Under Professor George\u2019s leadership, the SLC at The Westmead Institute has made considerable progress towards understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive liver diseases and liver cancer, with the ultimate goal of developing effective preventive strategies or treatments that cure the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Westmead Institute researchers Professor Jacob George and Associate Professor Sarah Palmer have both received a new Award for Outstanding Research from the University of Sydney. A highlight of Research Week (October 24-28) at the University, the prestigious awards were presented at the inaugural Vice Chancellor\u2019s Awards for Excellence in the Great Hall. The new program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2613,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[19],"class_list":["post-2612","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}