Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded for one year, to newly qualified researchers to help them bridge the gap between being a student and a fully-fledged cancer researcher.

See our Guide to Applicants for information on applying for a postdoctoral fellowship.

Postdoctoral fellowships are valued at around $67,000 each. Fellowship holders for 2011 are:

Mr Cody Allison
Monash Institute of Medical Research
Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases
Modulation of anti-tumour and inflammatory signalling during gastric cancer

Mr Felix Grusche
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Cell Growth and Proliferation
Control of tissue and cancer by Hyperplastic discs and the Hippo pathway
Sydney Parker Smith Fellowship

Ms Sonya Hubbard
Monash Institute of Medical Research
Cell surface markers for identifying endometrial cancer stem cells

Dr Denise Miles
Monash Institute of Medical Research
Defining the genetic base of testis cancer
Sydney Parker Smith Fellowship

Miss Dimitra Zotos
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
The contribution of Bcl-6 to B cell derived tumours of varying origin