Dr Rowena Martin
An ANU resarcher has won her second major award in as many weeks with the announcement of the L'Oréal Australia for Women in Science Fellowships for 2010. Dr Rowena Martin, NH&MRC Australian Biomedical Fellow and Principal Investigator at the Research School of Biology at ANU and the University of Melbourne received the $20,000 Fellowship at an awards ceremony in Melbourne. Dr Martin's research looks at drug resistance in the malaria parasite. The emergence of malaria parasites that are resistant to cheap antimalarial drugs, like chloroquine, has been a disaster for world health. Dr Martin's work shows how this resistance can be caused by small changes in a parasite protein and how this mechanism can be overcome. Dr Martin said that it was an honour to win one of the fellowships and the $20,000 in prize money will go a long way towards funding further research into the disease. ?Receiving the L'Oréal Fellowship is a great honour.
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