This award is named after Professor Nancy Millis, who served as Chancellor of La Trobe University for 14 years from 1992 - 2006.
A 'legend' in the world of science, she was one of only five Australian scientists recognised on the 'Australian Legends' series of stamps in 2002. During her distinguished career, Professor Millis gained a string of scientific and civic accolades, including election to the Australian Academy of Science, an MBE and a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Selection process
The Nancy Millis Medal is awarded to the authors of outstanding doctoral theses. Examiners are asked if they consider the thesis to be in the top five per cent of theses they have examined that demonstrate the significance or impact of the work in their field of research. Nominated theses are then recommended following the examination process and are considered for award through a selection process that involves the School's Director of Graduate Research endorsement and approval by the Board of Graduate Research.
2023 recipients
The following recipients received their award in 2023.
| Awardee | School | Thesis Title |
|---|
Laena D’Alton | Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment | Improving the Suitability of Electrochemiluminescence for Portable Bioanalytical Applications |
Shuying-Debbie Boey | Allied Health, Human Services and Sport | Classification of Types of Visual Loss, Measurement and Evaluation of their Impact on Activities and Participation Among Older Adults |
Anthony Condon | Humanities and Social Sciences | Reproducing The Gentleman's Game: Cricket and Social and Cultural Reproduction in the British Empire |
Annette Jackson | Allied Health, Human Services and Sport | Can We Undo Harms From The Past? Developing A Theory of Change To Redress Consequences Of Serious Childhood Neglect |
Aishvaryadeep Kaur | Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment | Theoretical Insights into Boron Heterocycles and Donor Ligands |
Melanie Muniandy | Psychology and Public Health | Facing Stress: Coping Strategies, Resilience and Mental Health Outcomes in Autistic Adults |
Shauni Omond | Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment | Characteristics and Mechanisms of Sleep in the Free-Living Platyhelminth Flatworm |
Elizabeth Porter | La Trobe Law School | Untold Stories from the Victoria Police Lab |
Bianca-Rosa Rodrigues Jardim | Applied Systems Biology | A Genomics Approach to Investigate Phytoplasma Taxonomy and Their Diversity in Australia |
Christopher Simmonds | Humanities and Social Sciences | Government is the Problem? Interrogating the Right Turn in the US 1980 Election |
Kerryn Sylvia | Humanities and Social Sciences | Contemporary Rites of Passage: Everyday States of Liminality and Transformation Through Journey and Play |
Megan Ciara Topping | Allied Health, Human Services and Sport | "Treat You Like a Person, Ask You What You Want": A Grounded Theory Study of the Quality of Paid Disability Support for Adults with Acquired Neurological Disability |
Conrad Trollip | Applied Systems Biology | Innovative Fungal Phytopathogen Diagnostics Using High Throughput Sequencing on Forestry Surveillance Traps |
Yunyun Zheng | Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment | Disentangling the Impact of Nitrogen Addition on the Priming Effect of Soil Organic Matter |
