Celebrating a fantastic group of graduates from the final graduation ceremonies for The University of Adelaide: Kathryn Baker (MBiostat), recognised as Valedictorian for her exceptional achievement, alongside Bronwyn Humbler (GDipBiostat) and Aubyn Pincombe (GDipBiostat, 2025). They are pictured here with Associate Professor Lynne Giles, their Program Director.

Congratulation to Amanda Zdravkovic who won the Dr Michael Yung DES Academic Prize for 2025! This award presented by University of Adelaide and managed by the BCA, commemorates Dr. Michael Yung, who sadly passed away in December 2023. Dr. Yung had just completed Design of Randomised Control Trials (DES) as the final unit in a Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics, and he was in the process of planning research projects for the Master of Biostatistics award at the time of his tragic death. This award celebrates Dr. Yung’s dedication to learning and his desire to use his statistical skills to improve the quality and rigour of research in his specialty area of paediatric intensive care. The prize aims to inspire BCA students to pursue excellence in their own educational journeys.

We are excited to announce that we have our first draw for the BCA Student Prize! Dr Vickie Cai and Dr Mallory Trent both from the University of Sydney received incredible scores in the 4 core units: Mathematical Foundations for Biostatistics (MFB), Principles of Statistical Inference (PSI), Regression Modelling for Biostatistics 1 & 2 (RM1 & RM2) to both win a $500 voucher. University of Sydney Program Coordinator A/Prof Erin Cvejic presented the awards to the very deserving recipients.

A warm congratulations to Farhana Nabi and Natalie Parent for graduating from their postgraduate degrees at the University of Adelaide! With the students is University of Adelaide Course Coordinator Associate Professor Lynne Giles.

Congratulations to Dr Justin Wu, the winner of the BCA Student Prize for Semester 1 of 2024! The prize recognises the student of each semester with the highest overall mark in the four core units DMC, PSI, RM1 and RM2. See below for an action shot of Justin fresh out of work in scrubs, accepting the prize from Dr Erin Cvejic, Program Director – Biostatistics at University of Sydney School of Public Health.