Significant awards

2016 NHMRC RD Wright Career Development Fellowship (CDF-1)

2015 Young Tall Poppy of the Year Award

2013 L’Oreal for Women in Science Fellowship

2012 National Association of research fellows postdoctoral investigator of the year award

2008 NHMRC CJ Martin Overseas Biomedical Fellowship and RG Menzies postdoctoral fellowship

Significant grants and funding

2016 Suzanne Cory Fellowship

2015 Bristol Myers Squibb Project Grant

2014 NHMRC New Investigator Project Grant

2014 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre career development grant

Service to the community 

Ambassador, Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health

Governing board member and member of scientific advisory board, National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (Australian National University)

Founding member, Women in Science Parkville Precinct (WISPP) committee

Committee member, Aurora Education foundation

Public lectures and presentations to a wide variety of lay audiences