Professor Sam Berkovic wins inaugural Australia Fellowship

The Commonwealth Government’s $36 million Australia Fellowships, through the National Health and Medical Research Council, have been awarded to researchers in cancer, infectious diseases and mental health.

Each recipient is highly regarded in their field.  Each Fellowship is valued at $4 million ($800,000 per year for 5 years).

Mind and body – moving forward on mental health:

• Professor Sam Berkovic from the University of Melbourne. Professor Berkovic will use his fellowship to work on the integration of high level clinical medicine, molecular genetics and cutting-edge neuro-imaging in the causes and treatment of epilepsy.

Information released by the NHMRC in August 2007