Image: Associate Professor Robinson (front row, third from right) with all of the 2019 Eureka Prize winners
Burnet Institute Principal Research Fellow and Group Leader, Vector-Borne Diseases and Tropical Public Health, Associate Professor Leanne Robinson has been honoured for excellence in malaria research with an Australian Museum Eureka Prize.
Associate Professor Robinson is part of a team led by The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research presented with the Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research at a gala ceremony in Sydney.
The team was recognised for working to develop new diagnostics and vaccine candidates to eliminate malaria, with a particular focus on the world’s most widespread malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax.
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of research, innovation, leadership, science engagement and school science.
A total of 50 entries were shortlisted for Eureka Prizes in 17 categories in 2019 including Environmental Research, Excellence in Data Science, and Science Journalism.
