Ask the Specialist | A cultural education podcast
‘Ask the Specialist’ is a cultural education podcast which answers doctors’ questions about working with Aboriginal patients at Top End hospitals. “The Specialists” are Larrakia Elder Bilawara Lee, Tiwi Elder Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri and Yolŋu leader Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman. Kriol and Burrara interpreter Bernadette Nethercott from the NT Aboriginal Interpreter Service also shares expertise. Across seven episodes, questions range from the practical, “Is it okay to make eye contact?” to cultural safety issues, “I want to know what Aboriginal people feel like when we talk to them, what makes them think that we're racist?”
Awards
Stuart has been named the 2021 NT Young Australian of the Year.
Ask the Specialist won the silver medal in the Smartest Podcast category at the Australian Podcast Awards and was a finalist in the Best Indigenous podcast category.
Ask the Specialist received the NT Community Achievement Award for Health and Wellbeing.
Vicki Kerrigan was named as a runner up in the 2020 CSL Florey Next Generation Award.
Menzies HealthLAB | The Time Machine app
The Time Machine is a tablet-based tool, which shows you how you will age if you smoke, have excessive alcohol, an unhealthy diet, or if you choose to live a healthy lifestyle. The app is accessible through HealthLAB pop ups. For bookings and more information email HealthLAB@menzies.edu.au.
Awards
iAwards winner in the 2020 SA/NT Not For Profit and Community sector category.
iAwards merit recipients in the 2020 national Not For Profit and Community sector category.
Territory Kidney Care (TKC)
TKC is an innovative clinical information system that uses powerful analytics to assist with the early identification and best-practice management of kidney disease. Menzies developed TKC in partnership with the NT Department of Health, the NT's peak Aboriginal health representative body (AMSANT) and local Aboriginal community-controlled health services.
Awards
Northern Territory Digital Excellence Awards - Community Benefit Award in partnership with DXC Technology
Charles Darwin University Visualise your Thesis competition - Menzies PhD candidate Dr Winnie Chen
Selection of researcher awards
Professor Ric Price
ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow - Presented by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) for eminent contributions to a particular aspect of tropical medicine or hygiene.
Associate Professor Jaqui Hughes
Awarded the 2019 NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award for the top-ranked application in the 2019 funding round.
Received Paul Ramsay Foundation Funding to support APPRISE COVID-19 research with First Nations peoples with Ms Onika Paolucci - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner with Renal Home Therapies at Top End Health Services.
Professor Phil Giffard
Recognised for his exceptional service and contributions to science by the Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) with the society’s Distinguished Service Award.
Professor Louise Maple-Brown
2020 Australian Diabetes Society Ranji & Amara Wikramanayake Clinical Diabetes Research Award.