Selected achievements

Awards

• 2021: Mathison Memorial Lecture, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne. 
• 2019: Levy-Gunshin award, International BioIron Society.
• 2013: Dean’s Award for Excellence in a PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
• 2010: Victoria Fellowship – Victorian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development.
• 2001: MBBS University of Melbourne Top Student

Grants and funding

• 2022-2026: National Health and Medical Research Council. Investigator Grant - Leadership 1 (CIA)
• 2019-2021: National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant: The Iron Clock: Epigenetic regulation of circadian iron homeostasis (CIA)
• 2019-2022: National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant: Effect of universal iron interventions on intestinal health in young children: A sub-study    of RCTs in Bangladesh and Malawi (CIA)
• 2019-2022: National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development  Fellowship Level 1: Innovation and evidence to alleviate anaemia worldwide (CIA)
• 2018-2022: National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant: Benefits and safety of IRon supplementation with MAlaria chemoprevention to children in Malawi (IRMA) - A randomised controlled trial (CIA)

Service to the community

• Member, Advisory Council, Micronutrient Forum (2021-)
• Chair, Scientific Committee on Iron and Heme, American Society of Hematology ( 2019-2022)
• Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Anaemia Detection and Control
• Chair, Joint International Union of Nutrition Sciences / NIH Taskforce on Risks and Benefits of Iron Supplementation
• External Resource and Chair, World Health Organization