Celebrating past award winners and their outstanding achievements
The Vice Chancellor’s Awards recognise the exceptional work of Griffith University staff across the fields of learning and teaching, research, professional and support, internationalisation, and driving impact towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
These awards celebrate many of our hard working and dedicated staff who continue to innovate, make discoveries and to go above and beyond to help build a brighter future. The talent and commitment of these colleagues is truly inspirational.
Past winners
Research
Excellence of an Early Career Researcher
2024
Dr Shima Ziajahromi
School of Environment and Science and Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith Sciences
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Research
Excellence of a Mid-Career Researcher
2024
Associate Professor Bronwyn Griffin
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith Health
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Research
Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research
2024
Associate Professor Lee Morgenbesser
School of Government and International Relations, Griffith Business School
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Research
Highly Commended in Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research
2024
Associate Professor Lyndel Bates, Associate Professor Jesse Cale, Deanne Camplejohn
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith Criminology Institute, AEL
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Research
Excellence in Research Supervision
2024
Associate Professor Guy Castley
School of Environment and Science and Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith Sciences
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Research
Excellence in Enabling Research
2024
Mr Russell Jarrott and Dr Sarah Brookes
School of Environment and Science
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Research
Excellence of a Research Group or Team
2024
Quantum Foundations team
School of Environment and Science and Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith Sciences
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Research
Highly Commended in Excellence of a Research Group or Team
2024
BioSpine team
School of Health Sciences and Social Work Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering
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Research
Excellence in Research Impact
2024
Professor Sharon Dawe
School of Applied Psychology and Centre for Mental Health, Griffith Health
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Research
Excellence in Research Leadership
2024
Professor Chengrong Chen
School of Environment and Science and Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith Sciences
research
Internationalisation
Most Outstanding Contribution to Overall Internationalisation
2024
Professor Stephen Billett
School of Education and Professional Studies
internationalisation
Internationalisation
Highly Commended in Most Outstanding Contribution to Overall Internationalisation
2024
Professor Sarah Gardiner
Griffith Institute for Tourism
internationalisation
Internationalisation
Most Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Short Term Global Mobility Programs
2024
Associate Professor Sohil Khan
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
internationalisation
Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Innovation in Learning and Teaching
2024
Associate Professor Armin Ariana
School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Innovation in Learning and Teaching
2024
Dr Julienne Senyard
Department of Business Strategy and Innovation
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Learning and Teaching
Highly Commended in Excellence in Innovation in Learning and Teaching
2024
Ms Gayle Brent
Office of the PVC (Sciences)
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Learning and Teaching
Highly Commended in Excellence in Innovation in Learning and Teaching
2024
Bridging Maths for Aspiring Educators team
School of Education and Professional Studies
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Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Engagement in Learning and Teaching
2024
Dr Sarah Wymer
Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
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Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Engagement in Learning and Teaching
2024
Dr Andrea Hams and Taryn Jones
School of Health Sciences and Social Work
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Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Enabling Teaching and Student Experience
2024
Dr Khamsum Kinley
Office of the Dean (Learning and Teaching), GBS
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Learning and Teaching
Highly Commended in Excellence in Enabling Teaching and Student Experience
2024
Ms Sarah Henderson
Group Services, Griffith Business School
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Learning and Teaching
Highly Commended in Excellence in Programs
2024
The Interprofessional Learning Workshop Placement Team
School of Health Sciences and Social Work
learning-teaching
Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Learning and Teaching Leadership
2024
Associate Professor Nadine Connell
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
learning-teaching
Learning and Teaching
Highly Commended in Excellence in Learning and Teaching Leadership
2024
Professor Indu Singh
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
learning-teaching
Professional Staff
Excellence in Client Partnership
2024
Mr Chris Maynard
Campus Life Facilities North
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Professional Staff
Excellence in Client Partnership
2024
Ms Jill Misson
Student Credentials
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Professional Staff
Highly Commended in Excellence in Client Partnership
2024
Mrs Clare Bartholomew and Ms Claire Stokes
Health Safety and Wellbeing
professional-staff
Professional Staff
Excellence in Innovation and Automation
2024
Mr Chris Moloney, Ms Tanya Stephenson and Mrs Lauren Sainty
Planning and Analytics
professional-staff
Professional Staff
Highly Commended in Excellence in Innovation and Automation
2024
Mr Ryan Allen
Technical Partners Health
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Professional Staff
Excellence in Leadership
2024
Mr Brad Mercer
School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Professional Staff
Highly Commended in Excellence in Leadership
2024
Ms Debbie Phillips
Griffith Law School
professional-staff
Sustainability
Excellence in Driving Impact Against Sustainable Development Goals
2024
Dr Kimberley Reis
School Engineering and Built Environ - Arch and Design
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Sustainability
Highly Commended in Excellence in Driving Impact Against Sustainable Development Goals
2024
Waste Warriors team
Office of the Chief Operating Officer
sdg
Internationalisation
Highly Commended for Most Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Short Term Global Mobility Programs
2023
Dr Andrea Haefner and Shania Forrester-Bidgood
Griffith Asia Institute and Griffith Business School
internationalisation
Internationalisation
Most Outstanding Contribution to Overall Internationalisation
2023
Dr Parmendra Sharma
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
internationalisation
Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Teaching
2023
Dr Bill Platz
Queensland College of Art and Design
learning-teaching
Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Programs
2023
Griffith Tax Clinic
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
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Professional Staff
Excellence in driving impact against Sustainable Development Goals
2023
War on Waste Group
Corporate Services
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Professional Staff
Excellence in Client Partnership
2023
Dr Leonardo Lucantoni, Senior Research Support Officer
Technical Partners Health
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Research
Excellence of an Early-Career Researcher
2023
Dr Leopold Ndemnge Aminde
School of Medicine and Dentistry
research
Research
Excellence of an Individual Mid-Career Researcher
2023
Dr Alison Peel
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security and School of Environment and Science
research
Learning and Teaching
Excellence in Learning and Teaching Leadership
2023
Associate Professor Gary Grant
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
learning-teaching
Research
Excellence of a Research group or team
2023
The Remedy Project
Creative Arts Research Institute
research
Research
Excellence in Research supervision
2023
Professor Alfred Lam
School of Medicine and Dentistry and former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
research
Research
Excellence in Research leadership
2023
Professor Elizabeth Kendall
Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability Beacon and former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
research
Research
Excellence in Research leadership
2023
Professor Paula Brough
Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing
research
Research
Excellence in Research impact
2023
The YourTrack Team
research
Research
Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research
2023
Associate Professor Timothy Mavin
Griffith Institute of Educational Research
research
Research
Highly Commended Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research
2023
Griffith Sciences Partnerships Office, Griffith Graduate Research School and the office of the Vice-President Industry and External Engagement
research
Professional Staff
Highly Commended Excellence in Client Partnership
2023
Catherine Dennett, Executive Support Officer
School of Education and Professional Studies
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Professional Staff
Excellence in Innovation
2023
Transaction Support – Citizen Developer, Finance Service Delivery team
Corporate Services
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Professional Staff
Excellence in driving impactful domestic engagement
2023
Open Conservatorium Group
Arts, Education and Law
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Professional Staff
Excellence in driving impactful domestic engagement
2023
Fiona McKeague, Senior Research Assistant
Griffith Centre for Social Cultural Research
professional-staff
Professional Staff
Excellence in enhancing the student experience
2023
Student Disability and Accessibility group
Student Life
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Professional Staff
Highly Commended Excellence in Enhancing the Student Experience
2023
Tutoring for success program group
GUMURRII Student Success Unit
professional-staff
Professional Staff
Highly Commended Excellence in Enhancing the Student Experience
2023
Industry mentoring program group
Student Success
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Professional Staff
Excellence in enhancing research
2023
David Wiseman
Senior Research Development Coordinator GBS Dean (Research)
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Professional Staff
Excellence in leadership
2023
Tina O'Keefe, Project Officer, Reconciliation Statement
Office of Indigenous, Diversity and Inclusion
professional-staff
Professional Staff
Highly Commended Excellence in Leadership
2023
Irene Dullaway, Institute Manager
Griffith Criminology Insitute
professional-staff
Internationalisation
Most Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Short Term Global Mobility Programs
2023
Associate Professor Bernadette Sebar
School of Medicine and Dentistry
internationalisation
Professional Staff
Excellence in Innovation
2022
The Digital Library Infrastructure Transformation (DLIT) Project team
professional-staff
Research
Research Impact
2022
Professor Vicky Avery
Centre for Cellular Phenomics (Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery)
research
Research
Research supervision
2022
Professor Wendy Moyle
Former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
research
Research
Research leadership
2022
Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet
Creative Arts Research Institute
research
Research
Highly Commended in Research Leadership
2022
Professor Michele Burford
Australian Rivers Institute
research
Research
Research group or team
2022
The Global Wetlands Team (Nathan)
Coastal and Marine Research Centre
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Current winners
The talent and commitment of these colleagues is truly inspirational.