2022 recipients
Associate Professor Emily Freeman
Associate Professor
School of Science
aims to improve children’s wellbeing by focusing on their social, emotional and cognitive wellbeing.
- emily.freeman@newcastle.edu.au
- 49216115
Dr Sarah Hiles
Lecturer
School of Science
will explore the relationship between mental health and physical health.
- sarah.hiles@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240420060
Associate Professor Megan Huggett
Associate Professor
School of Science
will focus on building her research on isolation of key marine microbes and establish a marine microbial culture lab on the Central Coast Campus.
- megan.huggett@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484025
Associate Professor Melinda Hutchesson
Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences
as a research vision to improve health behaviours of university students to promote mental health and wellbeing, and prevent mental ill-health.
- melinda.hutchesson@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215405
Associate Professor Michelle Kelly
Associate Professor
School of Science
aims to implement the Brief Assessment of Social Skills (BASS) screening tool to gauge social cognition in people with dementia.
- michelle.kelly@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216838
Dr Suzanne Macqueen
Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Education
will expand on her research on equity in education through building collaborative partnerships nationally and internationally.
- suzanne.macqueen@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215698
Associate Professor Julie McIntyre
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
will build on her research and nurture industry partnerships in the cultural and wine/tourism sectors.
- julie.mcintyre@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217029
Dr Irene Perez Lopez
Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
aims to generate evidence-based design guidelines in response to the key challenges that our cities and inhabitants will face in relation to climate change, mitigation and adaptation
- irene.perezlopez@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216608
Dr Hannah Schunker
ARC Future Fellow
School of Computer and Information Sciences
will work to understand one of the fundamental problems in astrophysics: the solar dynamo.
- hannah.schunker@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240553484
Associate Professor Helena Sit
Associate Professor
School of Education
aims to collaborate with schools to innovate teaching programs to facilitate students learning a second language.
- helena.sit@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217172
Dr Nisha Thapliyal
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
aims to continue to develop her research trajectory in the fields of Peace and Social Justice Education and South Asia Studies.
- nisha.thapliyal@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215648
Dr Michelle Brown
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Medicine and Public Health
will establish an independent research program of drug repurposing in breast cancer.
- michelle.wong-brown@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240420321
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.