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. Nominated theses are then assessed following the examination process and are considered for award through a selection process that involves the School's Director of Graduate Research. Final recommendations are approved by the Board of Graduate Research.
2020 recipients
The following recipients received their award in 2020.
| Awardee | School | Thesis Title |
|---|
| Jamin Moon | Humanities and Social Sciences | Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Law, The Thirdspace and Decolonisation in Australia, Canada and Aotearoa/New Zealand |
| Catherine Papadopoullos | Humanities and Social Sciences | Recasting Transgression in Modernity Prohibition, Pleasure and Otherness |
| Margaret Perrott | Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport | Lumbopelvic Stability in Recreational Athletes |
| Pramod Subedi | Molecular Sciences | Investigating the Mechanisms to Fold Disulfide Bond Containing Virulence Factors in Salmonella |
| Karen Lee Twigg | Humanities and Social Sciences | Along Tyrrell Creek: An Environmental History of a Mallee Community |
| Ashleigh
Murszewski | Humanities
and Social Sciences | Scales of Geoarchaeological Analysis Applied to the Drimolen Palaeocave System: the Cradle of Humankind (UNESCO World Heritage Area) |
| Genevieve Blades | Education | Walking Practices with/in Nature(s) as Ecopedagogy in Outdoor Environmental Education: An Autophenomenographic Study |
| Kaijian
Xing | Molecular Sciences | Engineering the Two-Dimensional Hole Gas on Hydrogen-Terminated Diamond by Transition Metal Oxides Towards Diamond Surface Electronics |
| Angela Burge | Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport | Optimising Home-Based Rehabilitation for COPD |
| Michael
McDermott | Psychology and Public
Health | The Affective Politics of Queerbaiting: Fandom, Identity and Representation |
| Timothy Luke | Applied Systems Biology | High-Value Metabolic Phenotypes for Improved Dairy Cow Health |
| Jana
Batovska | Applied Systems
Biology | Enhancing Arbovirus Surveillance with Metatanscriptomics |
| Brian Devitt | Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport | Aetiology, Diagnosis and Treatments of Anterolateral Rotatory Laxity of the Knee |
| Denise
Jones | Allied Health, Human
Services, and Sport | Physical Activity Following Arthroscopy for Hip-Related Pain |
Previous Awardees
