A new, national fellowship scheme has put one of Griffith University’s brightest young minds in drug discovery on the road to Canberra.
Early career researcher Dr Roisin McMahon from the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD) is among the nine fellows to have been awarded a fellowship by the Federal Government that will see her relocate to the nation’s capital for the one-year project.
The aim of the Australian Science Policy Fellowship Pilot Program, which will be operated under the auspices of the Office of the Chief Scientist, aims to grow the diversity of expertise in the Australian Public Service workforce by providing a pathway for mid-career scientists to become skilled policy practitioners.
It also aims to strengthen the pipeline between science and policymaking, which is an area of keen interest to Dr McMahon.
“I’m really excited. It’s a great opportunity to learn about how we bridge the divide between scientists and policy makers,”
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