Transport for NSW’s Elizabeth Mildwater (second from left), presents Macquarie’s Travel Choices Award to Property team members Sandra Murphy, Mark Broomfield and  Adam Anderson.

Every month we celebrate some of the impressive achievements in the Macquarie community. Got something to share for next month? Tell us.

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Dr Munjed Al Muderis, orthopaedic surgeon and clinical lecturer  in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, was named the NSW Australian of the Year at a ceremony in Sydney last night.  He will attend the national awards in Canberra on Australia Day.

Dr Al Muderis, who fled Iraq in 1999, is known for his remarkable surgical work with amputees and in particular, his success using a revolutionary technique called osseointegration.

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Macquarie University has been named ‘Organisation of the Year’ in the Macquarie Park category of Transport for NSW’s 2019 Travel Choices Awards. The Awards recognise organisations that have positively contributed to travel behaviour in Sydney.

Macquarie was recognised for its efforts to support and inform staff, students and visitors during the eight-month closure of the University’s train station. The Station Closure Project team – sponsored by Nicole Gower, Vice President of People and Services, and Mark Broomfield, Head of Property – oversaw a range of initiatives including timetable changes, flexible work arrangements and after-hours student activities, to address anticipated disruption without adding to traffic congestion in the local area.

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Macquarie University’s H:EAR research centre has been accepted as a member of the World Health Organisation’s World Hearing Forum.

Professor Catherine McMahon will be attending the first Membership Assembly in December at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Professor McMahon is also an invited commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Global Hearing Loss, and recently attended the first meeting of the commission in the USA.

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Bravo to Professor Gilles Guillemin in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences who has been made a Chevalier de l’Ordre Mérite [Knight of the National Order of Merit] by the French Government.

Professor Guillemin received his honour from the French Minister of Education, Research and Innovation in Paris on 15 October. He is recognised for his outstanding contributions to neuroscience, including his establishment of a Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research at Macquarie.  

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Congratulations to the outstanding sporting talents who were celebrated at the Macquarie University 2019 Blues Awards last month. Athletes were recognised for their achievements athletically and academically while representing Macquarie, their state and Australia in the past year.

Twelve athletes were awarded the highly prestigious Blue Award, and eight received a Half Blue Award. Five athletes, one club, one team and one sport administrator received recognition in other award categories, including the Female and Male Sport Athletes of the Year.

Visit the Newsroom to see the full list of winners.

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Student Diversity and Inclusion (SDI) team member Amber Loomis has been recognised as a ’30 under 30′ award winner at the Out for Australia awards.

Out for Australia an organisation that seeks to support and mentor aspiring LGBTIQ professionals as they navigate their way through the early stages of their careers.

Amber’s work in SDI team includes the development of monitoring and evaluation tools for Respect. Now. Always. Amber currently holds the position of Project Officer, Respect. Now. Always., and says she is thrilled to bring a strong commitment to community building to her role.