Congrats to the recipients of the 2025 Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women

Published on October 28, 2025

We are delighted to announce the 2025 Recipients of the Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women. This year, the Melbourne Medical School received over 100 applications from a truly remarkable field of diverse and talented women researchers, clinicians and educators who all made significant impacts in their speciality areas. Four of these recipients are from the Department of Paediatrics!

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Dr Ann Frazier
Department of Paediatrics
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

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Dr Simranpreet Kaur
Department of Paediatrics
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

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Associate Professor Claire von Mollendorf
Department of Paediatrics
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

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Associate Professor Melanie Neeland
Department of Paediatrics
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

The Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women support high-performing early and mid-career women in academia to advance towards senior academic and leadership roles. We are extremely grateful to our 2025 Partner Organisations for their generous donations and continued support of this important program.

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