Stephen Nutt's Pfizer Australia Fellowship Win

Thursday, December 22nd 2005

Dr Stephen Nutt, a Metcalf Fellow, Burnet Prize winner and Laboratory Head in WEHI's Immunology Division, has been awarded a Pfizer Australia Fellowship, worth $1 million over five years.

Dr Nutt's work focuses on blood cells and the development of the immune system, with the ultimate aim of providing new therapies for autoimmune diseases and leukaemia.

His immediate research focus is to understand at the molecular level how the rare blood stem cell has the ability to generate the multiple blood cell types involved in immunity and inflammation.

Dr Nutt won the Fellowship against high quality competition from across the nation.

The Pfizer Fellowship is Australia's largest private sector medical research grant.

The Director of WEHI, Professor Suzanne Cory, commented, "Stephen Nutt's scientific creativity and leadership are outstanding. He richly deserves this prestigious award."

For further information, please contact:

Mr. Brad Allan

WEHI Communications Manager
Phone: (03) 9345 2345
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Email: allan@wehi.edu.au