AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC.

Winners of the Michael Roberts Prize*

Year Name Department at time of award Title of Keynote Lecture Issue, Page
2010 Phil Poronnik Health Innovations Research Institute, School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, Vic Australia. Rigour or rigor mortis: a challenge for physiology 41, 11P
2011 Yvonne Hodgson Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria. Developing assessment as a collaborative endeavour. 43, 8P
2012 David Saint Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Adelaide, South Australia. Learning and teaching - the rear view mirror and the road ahead 44, 2P
2013 Kay Colthorpe School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD. From active learning to self-regulated learning 45, 63P
2014 Deanne Hryciw Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC. Communicating science: how do we teach undergraduates to become scientists? 46, 44P
2015 Julia Choate Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC. Enhancing students’ university experiences by engaging them with their course and equipping them for life-long learning 47, 184P
2016 Kathy Tangalakis Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC. Enhancing the commencing student learning experience with Innovative learning and teaching approaches and peer support systems 48, 72P
2017 Glenn Wadley Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC. Adventures in flipping the classroom 49, 111P
2018 Prize not awarded
2019 Andrew Moorhouse University of New South Wales How can we effectively clear the hurdles to reach the Physiology finals? 2021 Abstract book
2020 Charles Sevigny University of Melbourne Empowering student ownership through flexibility, authenticity, and co-creation abstract 40I, V52
2021 Christian Moro Bond University The school of hard knocks: what did not work when introducing technology-enhanced learning to physiology lectures, labs, and workshops abstract 41I, V52
2022 Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Beckett University of Adelaide
SA		 *presentation scheduled for the 2024 AuPS annual meeting
2023 Associate Prof. Pushpa Sinnayah Victoria University
Vic		 Navigating the future of higher education: addressing challenges through innovation in technology Presentation at Biomolecular Horizons 2024
2023 Dr Betty Exintaris Monash University
Vic		 *presentation scheduled for the 2025 AuPS annual meeting

* The award started in 2010 in memory of Prof. Michael Roberts, for excellence in the teaching of Physiology.