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Past lab members
Moira Heron, BSc Hons student 2021
Sonya Fenton, BBiomedsci Hons student 2020
Amy Watts, BBiomedsci Hons student 2020
Paulo Urbano, Postdoctoral fellow 2019-2020
Hamish Angus, BSc Hons student 2016; PhD student 2017-2020
Current position - Teach First NZ Scholar
Doug Gaskarth, MSc student 2018 - 2019
Current position - PhD student, Kemp lab
Luis Munoz-Erazo, postdoctoral fellow 2018-2019
Current position - Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington
Sam Norton, BBiomedSci (Hons) student 2013, PhD student 2014 - 2017, postdoctoral fellow 2018-19
- 2nd place, OSMS Postgraduate Symposium Poster 2016
- Sandy Smith Scholarship 2015
- Genesis Oncology Trust Professional Development Award 2015
- Webster Centre for Infectious Disease Travel Award 2014
- ASI Travel Award 2014
- Gut Health Network Travel Award 2014
- winner OMSRS PhD Award 2014
Current position, founder, Nanix, www.nanix.co.nz
Simon Shirley, MSc student 2015 (with Sarah Hook); PhD student 2016 - 2019 (with Julie Cakebread and Ali Hodgkinson, AgResearch)
Current position - postdoctoral fellow, Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Julia Leman, MSc student 2017 - 2018
Current position - PhD student, Germany
- 2nd Place BMS Postgraduate Symposium Short Talk 2017
Kit Moloney-Geany, PGDip student 2018
Current position - PhD student, Department of Biochemistry
Kirsten Ward-Harststonge, PGDipSci student 2013, PhD student 2014 - 2017
- Winner NZASI Buck Award Immunology 2017
- Genesis Professional Development Award 2017
- Winner - Young Researcher Award NZ Society of Oncology 2016
- Winner OMSRS PhD Award 2016
- Winner OSMS Postgraduate Symposium PK Talk 2016
- Awarded ASI Travel Award to attend ICI 2016
- Awarded Lotteries Research Health PhD Scholarship 2014
- Awarded Genesis Oncology Trust Post-graduate Scholarship 2014 (declined)
- winner - Brenda Shore Award for Women 2014
- winner - Todd Foundation Award for Excellence 2014
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada
Shirley Shen MSc student 2015 - 2017
- Student Representative Australasian Society of Cytometry
- 2nd Place OSMS Postgraduate Symposium PK Talk 2016
Current Position: Research Assistant, University of Auckland
Ed Taylor BSc (Hons) student 2011; summer student 2010/11; PhD student 2012 - 2016
- Webster Centre for Infectious Disease Travel Award 2014
- Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust Travel Award 2014
- ASI Travel Award 2014
- Gut Health Network Travel Award 2014
- runner up Buck Award for best student presentation NZASI 2014
- awarded Sandy Smith Memorial Scholarship 2013
- awarded ASI Travel Award 2013
- awarded NZASI Travel Award 2013
- winner Eli Lilly Award for best trainee presentation at NZSO 2013
- awarded NZSO Trainee Travel Award 2012
- 1st equal 4th Year student presentation 2011
- Featured in ODT 2013
Current Position: Quality Assurance Lead, Xero
Andrew Highton – B. Biomed. Sci Hons Student 2010; Ph.D. student 2011 - 2015
- winner Eli Lilley Award for best trainee presentation at NZSO 2014
- awarded NZSO Travel Grant 2014
- awarded Nuffield Medical Post-doctoral Fellowship to Oxford University 2014
- 1st= poster prize - Australasian Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Development Meeting 2014
- highly commended (poster) OSMS Postgraduate Research Forum 2014
- awarded Gut Health Network Travel Award 2013
- awarded NZASI Travel Award 2013
- awarded Webster Center for Infectious Disease Travel Scholarship 2013
- winner of the Otago Medical Research Society Prize at the Division of Health Sciences Annual Research Forum 2012
- awarded Sandy Smith Memorial Scholarship 2012
- awarded ASI Travel Award 2010
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Current position: University of Otago
Tim McCulloch - Research Technician 2014
Current position: PhD Student, Australia
Tom Worters - BBiomedSci (Hons) Student 2014 (with Grant Butt)
* awarded First Class Hons
Current position - public health
Elliott Dunn - M.Sc Student 2012 – 2014
* second place Dept 4th Year Presentations 2012
* awarded second prize at the Otago Medical School Research Society Awards for 4th Year Students 2012
* awarded second prize at the Otago Medical School Research Society Awards for Summer Students 2013
* People's Choice Award - 2013 OSMS Postgrad Symposium
* Winner - Baxter Healthcare Young Investigator Award 2013
* awarded Gut Health Network Travel Award 2013
Current position: Brandon Capital
Kristian Thomson - M.Sc Student (with Michelle McConnell) 2012 – 2014
* awarded NZASI Travel Award 2013
Current position: Research Assistant, Germany
Georgia Bell - Summer Student 2011-12, PGDip.Sci Student 2012 - 2013
Research Technician 2012 – 2014
* awarded Rona Scholarship 2014
Current position - Ngai Tahu and ESR
Adrian Patterson - Summer Student 2012-13
* awarded University of Otago Scholarship in Science
Current position - Medical Writer, BPAC
Adam Girardin - Research Technician: 2009 - 2012
*awarded NZSO Trainee Member Travel Award 2011
Current position - GP registrar, Melbourne
Cameron Field - B.Sc Hons Student 2011, Research Technician 2012
* awarded Best Student Presentation Award at NZASI 2012
Current position - Scientist, Quell Therapeutics, London, UK
Elyce du Mez - B.Sc Hons Student 2011; Summer Student 2011/12, Research Technician July 2012 - Oct 2012
Current position - Assurity Consulting
Fabienne Libuda - Visiting M.Sc Student (Hannover Medical School) 2011/12
Current position - PhD student, Hanover, Germany
Julia Prier – B.Sc Hons Student 2010; Summer Student 2009/10, 2010/11
* awarded ASI Travel Award 2010
* awarded Webster Centre for Infectious Disease Postgraduate Travel Award 2010
* Highly Commended OSMS Summer Studentship 2010/11
Nicola King - Summer Student 2009/10, 2010/11
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