June 2000

Medical research award

MON 27 JUN 2000

Hansard
House of Assembly

Mr KONS (Question) - My question is to the special Minister of State. Can the minister advise the House of this year’s winner of the Dick Buttfield Memorial Fellowship which is Tasmania’s most prestigious medical research award?

Mrs BLADEL - I thank the member for his question. Yes, it is very pleasing to be able to announce the winner of this most prestigious fellowship - it is the Director of Emergency Service Medicine at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Dr Simon Brown, who has been awarded this year’s Buttfield scholarship. Dr Brown and his team will undertake a project which aims to offer lifelong protection from the potentially fatal jack-jumper bite.

Mr Llewellyn - Hear, hear.

Continued …

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