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Enabled by funding, partnerships and recognition, April was another month of impact across our UniMelb community. Highlights include: 🔗 Research projects led by Professor Cath Chamberlain and the late Professor John Hopper AM have both featured in the 2026 edition of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 10 of the Best → unimelb.me/4saJbCp 🔗 Professors Shyamali Dharmage and Rebecca Bentley awarded 2025 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence Awards → unimelb.me/4bZBxVw 🔗 UniMelb alum and Associate Lecturer Will Smith has been awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, becoming the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander recipient of the prestigious award → unimelb.me/4cWZEWw 🔗 UniMelb First Nations project receives $5 million to research experiences of family violence and child removals → unimelb.me/4cIarTp 🔗 UniMelb welcomes the Ambassador of the Philippines, Antonio Albero Morales, to strengthen STEM and education partnerships → unimelb.me/4tGkaAC 🔗 UniMelb researchers Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson, Professor Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Professor Alan Cowman and Dr Belinda Phipson have received honorific awards from The Australian Academy of Science (AAS), recognising their outstanding contributions to science → unimelb.me/3OGKpaU 🔗 Potter Museum of Art has been recognised at the 2026 Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria Awards, receiving Large Project of the Year for 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art → unimelb.me/3Pc3iTq