Dr Lisa Sharwood, Dr Karin Aubrey and Dr Jillian Eyles receive their award
International experience strengthening our research
Researchers within the Kolling Institute are taking advantage of a host of international opportunities after receiving a Beryl and Jack Jacobs travel award. Five researchers took out an award in the second round of the program this year. Scientific Officer Dr Martyn Bullock said he was immensely grateful to receive the award which will enable him to travel to the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. “I will receive training in molecular techniques they have pioneered to facilitate cancer diagnosis from liquid biopsies,” he said.
“This will be a valuable experience as the Cancer Genetics laboratory at the Kolling Institute will be the first to trial these novel diagnostic techniques in Australia next year.” Dr Yingyu Feng will visit the Musculoskeletal Epidemiology research lab at Oxford University to learn techniques for handling large- scale health data and data linkage, and applying those techniques to Australia. “I plan to present my research at one of the most eminent conferences in the area of osteoarthritis research, the 2020 Osteoarthritis Research Society International World Congress in Vienna, Austria,” Dr Feng said.
“The Beryl and Jack Jacobs travel fellowship will give me an unrivalled opportunity to collaborate with world experts and drive quality improvement in osteoarthritis management.” Injury Epidemiologist Dr Lisa Sharwood from the John Walsh Centre, located within the Kolling Institute, planned to use the grant to travel to Wales to present her research findings at the 4th International conference for Administrative Data Research.
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KOLLINGNEWS | ISSUE 4 | DECEMBER 2019
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