Sant-Rayn Pasricha-Achievements

Sant-Rayn Pasricha-Achievements

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