Please join the School in congratulating a number of our colleagues that have been recognised in the Australia Day Honours List today.

Please join the School in congratulating Professor Guy Marks and colleagues on having published findings of research undertaken in Vietnam in the latest issue of the New England Medical Journal (NEJM).

Please join the School in congratulating our colleague Craig Smith on having been named a recipient of the 2017 UNSW Medicine Dean’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service.

Liverpool Hospital Cancer Services has been awarded a $2 million Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) grant to go towards the first cancer Wellness Centre in south western Sydney.

UNSW Sydney was the first major university to establish a presence in south-western Sydney in 1989 and has since committed to the region through a significant presence, including the development of a $10 million dedicated teaching campus and research space as part of Liverpool Hospital.

Please join the School in congratulating our colleague Professor Michael Barton who will be presented with a Gold Medal by the Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Radiologists at their annual meeting in late October.

Please join the School in congratulating our colleague A/Professor Jeff Flack who has been recognised with an award in the Australia Day Honours List announced yesterday.

Please join the School in congratulating all of the South Western Sydney Clinical School students who graduated last week. We have had exceptional results this year with SWSCS contributing 30% of all those students who achieved a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) in the top cohort.

UNSW will lead Australia’s first medical cannabis trial to assess whether cannabis products can enhance the quality of life for adults with terminal cancer in the final stages of their life.