A colleague and I recently attended an award ceremony in Melbourne, which was held to announce the winners of the Australian L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowships. Four women were each awarded $20,000, in order to further develop their own particular scientific research interests. The technical fields represented by the four winners displayed huge diversity, highlighting the significant role women are now playing within the scientific community. The three winners who attended the ceremony also stated that within the workplace, they had never felt disadvantaged or held back as a result of their gender. As a woman in science myself, this was very encouraging to hear!
The winners of the 2007 Australian Fellowships are:
Jenny Gunton for her studies into the relationship between Vitamin D and diabetes
Ilana Feain for engaging girls boarding schools into her investigations of hydrogen jets from black holes
Sarah Pryke for her studies into the evolution and conservation of Gouldian finches in the Kimberley Ranges
Catriona Bradshaw for investigating the cause of spread of bacterial vaginosis
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