Dr Brad Edwards has been awarded the 2016 James B. Skatrud New Investigator Award by the Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN) Award Selection Committee of the American Thoracic Society.
The award, which goes to one new investigator each year, is highly prestigious and keenly sought after by members of the ATS. The award recognises the career accomplishments of the investigator to date and is judged on the basis of published work in the broad area of respiratory neurobiology and sleep, and on the winner’s future promise as a leader in the field.
Brad
started his postgraduate career at the Ritchie Centre under the supervision of
Malcolm Wilkinson and Philip Berger, where he quickly mastered and put to use
new quantitative concepts relating to the control of breathing.
After
completing his PhD, he chose Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard as the ideal
laboratory for postdoctoral studies, in the renowned laboratory of David White
and Atul Malhotra. The NHMRC made Brad’s move to Harvard possible by awarding
him a prestigious CJ Martin Fellowship.
The
clinician/scientists who nominated Brad for the Skatrud Award included some of
the world’s pre-eminent sleep and respiratory medicine experts, and all
expressed the greatest enthusiasm for his application.
All
four nominators were deeply impressed with Brad’s intellect, his already
evident leadership skills, and the hard work and determination evident in his
36 publications up to the time of receiving the award.
In the short time since receiving his award in late May, Brad’s output has been supplemented by another first author paper in what is affectionately known as the Blue Journal, the highest ranked journal in respiratory medicine and intensive care, and a number of other publications.
Brad has now returned to Monash University to complete the last two years of his CJ Martin Fellowship, taking a position in the Department of Physiology where he continues his work on the control of breathing in sleep, with a special focus on creating new treatments for central and obstructive sleep apnea.
In the short time since receiving his award in late May, Brad’s output has been supplemented by another first author paper in what is affectionately known as the Blue Journal, the highest ranked journal in respiratory medicine and intensive care, and a number of other publications.
Brad has now returned to Monash University to complete the last two years of his CJ Martin Fellowship, taking a position in the Department of Physiology where he continues his work on the control of breathing in sleep, with a special focus on creating new treatments for central and obstructive sleep apnea.
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