The ANS Medallion

The Australasian Neuroscience Society Medallion was established by the ANS Council in 2008. It is awarded both to plenary lecturers at the Society’s Annual Meeting and to other individuals who have provided outstanding service to the Society. The recipients of the ANS Medallion are chosen annually by the President and the Past-President or President-Elect of the Society. The ANS Medallion is a struck medal of 60 mm diameter that follows the central design of the large cast-bronze medallion presented to recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award. The medallion was created by Michael Meszaros, an acclaimed Melbourne sculptor, and depicts the artist’s view of the chain of connections between the brain, the organism and the outside word.

Australasian Neuroscience Society Medallion Recipients

2025

  • Miriam Matamales - ANS Plenary Lecture
  • Melinda Fitzgerald - Eccles Plenary Lecture
  • Peter Crack - Elspeth McLachlan Plenary Lecture
  •  Alex Fornito - Lawrie Austin Plenary Lecture
  • Marina Mikhaylova - International Plenary Lecture
  • James Pang - A.W. Campbell Award
  • Jin Huang - Education Excellence Award
  • Tyler J Browne - Marcello Costa Award
  • Cait Beddows - Mark Rowe Award
  • Lucy Palmer - Nina Kondelos Award
  • Gabriella Bodea - Paxinos-Watson Award
  • Jenna Ziebell - Conference Executive Chair (2025)
  • Anne Li - Student Body Chair (2025)
  • LezanneOoi (NSW Representative 2022 - 2025)
  • Brad Sutherland (Chair, Local Organising Committee, 43rd ASM 2025)

2024

  • Jennifer Rodger – ANS Plenary Lecture
  • Andrew Morokoff – Eccles Plenary Lecture
  • Gavan McNally – Elspeth McLachlan Plenary Lecture
  • Susannah Tye – Lawrie Austin Plenary Lecture
  • Tracy Bale – International Plenary Lecture
  • Natalie Matosin – A.W. Campbell Award
  • Jennifer Rodger – Education Excellence Award
  • Jessica Maddern – Marcello Costa Award
  • Ashlea Segal – Mark Rowe Award
  • Melanie Bahlo – Nina Kondelos Award
  • James Pang – Paxinos-Watson Award
  • Glenda Halliday – ANS Plaque
  • Janet Keast (President 2023 -2024)
  • Jana Vukovic (Treasurer 2021 - 2024)
  • Michael Lardelli (Secretary 2021 - 2024)
  • Hamid Sohrabi (Conference Executive Chair, 42nd ASM, 2024)
  • Sarah Hellewell (Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee 42nd ASM, 2024)
  • Chidozie Anyaegbu (Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee 42nd ASM, 2024)
  • Stuart Hodgetts (Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee 42nd ASM, 2024)
  • Stephanie Rainey-Smith (Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee 42nd ASM, 2024)
  • Lyndsey Collins-Praino (South Australia Representative Council 2021 - 2024)
  • Alastair Fortune (Chair Student Body Committee 2024)

2023

  • Michael Breakspear – ANS Plenary Lecture
  • George Paxinos – Eccles Plenary Lecture
  • Marcello Rosa – Elspeth McLachlan Plenary Lecture
  • Elizabeth Coulson – Lawrie Austin Plenary Lecture
  • Saul Villeda – International Plenary Lecture
  • Laura Fenlon – A.W. Campbell Award
  • Stuart Oldham – Mark Rowe Award
  • Brett Kagan – Mark Rowe Award
  • Brett Kagan – Paxinos-Watson Award
  • Johanna Montgomery – Nina Kondelos Award
  • Peter Schofield AO (Past President 2023)
  • Jason Mattingley (Conference Executive Chair, 41st ASM 2023)
  • Tara Walker (Chair, Local Organising Committee, 41st AGM 2023)
  • Thomas Burne (Chair, Local Organising Committee, 41st AGM 2023)
  • Rebecca San Gil (Neuroscience Research Representative 2020- 2023)
  • Hamid Sohrabi (WA Representative, Council 2020 - 2023)
  • Alastair Fortune (Chairm Student Body Committee, 2023)

2022

  • Helen Cooper (ANS Plenary lecturer, 2022)
  • Christopher Lind (ANS Eccles Plenary lecturer, 2022)
  • Anthony J. Hannan (Elspeth McLachlan Plenary lecturer, 2022)
  • John Bekkers (Lawrie Austin Plenary lecturer, 2022)
  • Tara Spires-Jones (International Plenary lecturer, 2022)
  • Mehdi Adibi (A.W. Campbell Award 2022)
  • Lauren Bleakley (Mark Rowe Award 2022)
  • Luca Godenzini (Mark Rowe Award 2022)
  • Clare Parish (Nina Kondelos Award 2022)
  • Carlie Cullen (Paxinos-Watson Award 2022)
  • Aurina Arnatkeviciute (Paxinos-Watson Award 2022)
  • Peter Schofield AO (President, 2020 - 2022)
  • Timothy Bredy (Conference Exucutive Chair, 40th ASM 2022)
  • Jess Nithianantharajah (Chair, LOC, 40th ASM 2022)
  • Zane Andrews (Chair, LOC, 40th ASM 2022)
  • Catherine Blizzard (ANS Council 2020 - 2022, TAS)
  • Tara Walker (ANS Council 2020 - 2022, QLD)
  • Nicole Jones (ANS Council 2020 - 2022, NSW)
  • Anthony J. Hannan (ANS Council 2017 - 2022, VIC)
  • Johanna Montgomery (ANS Council 2020 - 2022, NZ)
  • Ashleigh Geiger (Chair, Student Body Committee, ANS Council 2021 - 2022)

2021

  • Bernard Balleine (ANS Plenary)
  • Christina Mo (A.W. Campbell Award)
  • Linda Richards (Elspeth McLachlan Plenary)
  • Lars Ittner (ANS Eccles Plenary lecturer, 2021)
  • Elizabeth Coulson (Nina Kondelos)
  • Clare Parish (Lawrie Austin Plenary 2021)
  • Edvard Moser (International Plenary Lecture 2021)
  • Jana Vukovic (Paxinos-Watson Award)
  • Christina Mo (A.W. Campbell Award)
  • Emily Willis (Mark Rowe Award)
  • Ye Tian (Mark Rowe Award)
  • Elizabeth Coulson (Nina Kondelos Award)

2020

  • Paul Pilowsky – Honorary Membe
  • Kate Drummond – Eccles Plenary Lecture
  • Robyn Brown – A.W. Campbell Award
  • Kay Double – Nina Kondelos Award
  • Kaylene Young – Online Chair
  • Wickliffe Abraham – President (2019–2020)
  • Brian Dean – Treasurer (2019–2020)
  • Thomas Fath – Secretary (2019–2020)
  • Michael Lardelli – SA Regional Representative (2019–2020)
  • Ethan Scott – QLD Regional Representative (2018–2020)
  • Alison Canty – TAS Regional Representative (2019–2020)
  • Kristin Hillman – NZ Regional Representative (2019–2020)
  • Yazi Ke – NSW Regional Representative (2019–2020)
  • Amr Abdeen – Student Representative
  • Stephen Williams – ACAN Director (2016–2020)

2019

  • Jose Manuel Alonso (ANS Plenary)
  • Hollis Cline (International Plenary)
  • Pamela McCombe (ANS Eccles Plenary lecturer, 2019)
  • Selena Bartlett (ANS Lawrie Austin Plenary lecturer, 2019)

2018

  • Alan Mackay-Sim (ANS Plenary lecturer, 2018)
  • Alison Goate (International Plenary)
  • Neville Knuckey (ANS Eccles Plenary lecturer, 2018)
  • Cliff Abraham (ANS Lawrie Austin Plenary lecturer, 2018)

2017

  • Jürgen Götz (ANS Plenary lecturer, 2017)
  • Junichi Nabekura (International Plenary lecturer)
  • Kathryn North (ANS Eccles Plenary lecturer, 2017)
  • Andrew Lawrence (Lawrie Austin Lecture)
  • Tom Burns (inaugural Student Body Rep on Council)

2016

  • Michael Häusser (International lecturer, 2016)
  • Massimo Hilliard (ANS Plenary lecturer, 2016)
  • David Small (ANS Lawrie Austin Plenary lecturer, 2016)
  • Jeffrey Rosenfeld (ANS Eccles Plenary lecturer, 2016)
  • Andrew Allen (ANS council, 2012-2016)
  • Steven Petrou (ANS council, 2012-2016)
  • Jason Potas (ANS council, 2014-2016)
  • Ruth Empson (ANS council, 2012-2016)
  • Stuart Brierley (ANS council, 2012-2016)
  • Tracey Dickson (ANS council, 2013-2016)
  • Chris Reid (ANS council, 2012-2016)
  • Tracey Dickson (ANS LOC, 2016)
  • Kaylene Young (ANS LOC, 2016)
  • Vaughan Macefield (ABBC National Coordinator, 2015-2016)
  • Louise Nicholson (NZBBC National Coordinator, 2007-2016)

2015

  • Robert Vink (Eccles Lecturer, 2015)
  • Ashley Bush (Lawrie Austin Lecturer - 2015)
  • Kay Double (ANS Council, 2011-2015)
  • Joe Lynch (ANS Secretary, 2012-2015)
  • John Rostas (ANS President, 2012-2013)
  • John Bekkers (ACAN Director, 2005-2015)
  • John Rostas (LOC Chair, ISN-APSN-ANS Cairns 2015)

2014

  • Moses Chao (ANS Overseas Lecturer, 2014)
  • Marcello Costa (ANS Plenary Lecturer, 2014)
  • Trevor Kilpatrick (Lawrie Austin Lecturer, 2014)
  • Perry Bartlett (Eccles Lecturer, 2014)
  • Riccardo Natoli (ANS Council, 2012-2013)
  • Lindy Fitzgerald (ANS Council, 2010-2013)
  • Michael Lardelli (LOC Chair, Adelaide 2014)

2013

  • Perry Bartlett (Honorary Member 2012)
  • Fred Mendelsohn (Honorary Member 2012)
  • Nancy Ip (ANS Overseas Lecturer, 2013)
  • Margaret Morris (ANS Plenary Lecturer, 2013)
  • Paul Martin (Lawrie Austin Lecturer, 2013)
  • Ingrid Scheffer (Eccles Lecturer, 2013)
  • Rob Gasperini (ANS Council, 2009-2012)
  • Elizabeth Coulson (ANS Council, 2009-2012)
  • James Bourne (LOC Chair, Melbourne 2013)

2012

  • Feng Zhang (ANS Overseas Lecturer 2012)
  • Heather Young (ANS Plenary Lecturer 2012)
  • Janusz Lipski (Lawrie Austin Lecturer 2012)
  • Marcus Stoodley (Eccles Lecturer 2012)
  • Lizzie Coulson (LOC Chair 2012)
  • Joanne Britto (ANS Council 2008-2011)
  • Nick Spencer (ANS Council 2008-2011)
  • Louise Nicholson (ANS Council 2008-2011)
  • David Small (ANS Editor 2008-2011)
  • Jacqueline Phillips (ANS Treasurer 2008-2011)
  • Ann Turnley (ANS Secretary 2008-2012)
  • Sarah Dunlop (ANS President 2010-2011)

2011

  • Tobias Bonhoeffer (ANS Overseas Lecturer 2011)
  • Seong-Seng Tan (ANS Plenary Lecturer 2011)
  • Peter Dunkley (Lawrie Austin Lecturer 2011)
  • Terrence O'Brien (Eccles Lecturer 2011)
  • Louise Nicholson (LOC Co-Chair 2011)
  • Bruce Livett (Honorary Member 2010)
  • Robert Rush (Honorary Member 2010)
  • Peregrine Osborne (ANS Council 2007-2010)
  • David Vaney (ANS President 2008-2009)

2010

  • Gilles Laurent (ANS Overseas Lecturer 2010)
  • Herbert Herzog (ANS Plenary Lecturer 2010)
  • Don Robertson (WA State Rep 2008-2009)
  • Sam Solomon (LOC Co-Chair 2010)
  • Roger Dampney (LOC Co-Chair 2010)
  • Stephen Redman (Honorary Member 2009)
  • Elspeth McLachlan (Honorary Member 2009)
  • Max Bennett (Honorary Member 2009)
  • Marcello Costa (Honorary Member 2009)
  • John Rostas (Honorary Member 2009)

2009

  • Glenda Halliday (ANS President 2006-2007)
  • Andrew Lawrence (ANS Treasurer 2002-2007)
  • Paul Martin (ANS Editor 2002-2007)
  • Heather Young (ANS Secretary 2006-2007)
  • Lisa Foa (Tasmania State Rep 2005-2008, LOC Chair 2008)
  • Helen Cooper (Queensland State Rep 2005-2008)
  • Matthew Wilson (Overseas Plenary Lecturer 2009)
  • Greg Stuart (ANS Plenary Lecturer, 2009)
  • Phil Beart (Lawrie Austin Lecturer 2009)
  • Peter Reilly (Eccles Lecturer 2009)
  • Paul Pilowsky (ANS Editor 1996-2001)
  • Robert Porter (Honorary Member 2007)
  • Michael Ibbotson (LOC Chair 2009)
  • Alan Finkel
  • Elizabeth Finkel

2008

  • Ying-Shing Chan (APRC Chair 2002-2008)