Lavarack Prize for Cell and Developmental Biology

The Lavarack Prize is awarded to the highest achieving student in the Cell and Developmental Biology Major.

Application type

No application is required. You will be automatically considered for this award.

Benefit type

Single payment
Full benefit details

Citizenship requirements

Australian / domestic student
International student

Applicable study areas

Medicine, dentistry, health and welfare

Number of scholarships awarded

1

  • About the donor

    Dr Jo Lavarack

    John Ochiltree Lavarack was born in 1914 and graduated MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 1938. In 1939 he became a Resident Medical Officer at the Alfred Hospital and in 1940 he joined the armed forces, reaching the rank of Major as a Specialist Pathologist.

    In 1947, accepted an appointment in the Department of Pathology at the University of Melbourne and then with the Department of Anatomy in 1949. He worked with Sir Sydney Sunderland on peripheral nerve injury. He is remembered for his teaching in embryology, where his fine blackboard drawings were famous for aiding his clear explanations of a complex subject. In 1953 he was awarded a CJ Martin Fellowship from the NH&MRC and worked at King's College in London. He completed his PhD in 1953 and was appointed Reader in 1956. He died in 1998.

What are the benefits?

Full details of this award available at: https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/study/scholarships/n/lavarack-prize

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