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Meet the 2023 Rosalind Franklin Awardee

A/Prof. Semple has an established national and international reputation for excellence in neurotrauma research. Based on the Department of Neuroscience at Monash University’s School of Translational Medicine, she led the productive Paediatric Neurotrauma Group between 2018 and 2024, before scaling back the experimental work to allow for other activities. Her research program has focused on the fundamental neurobiology of traumatic brain injuries across the lifespan.

A/Prof. Semple has received substantial competitive fellowship and grant funding, totalling <$4.5M, from the NHMRC, US Department of Defense, Veski, American Australian Association, Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation, Monash University and Capstone Editing. She has a prolific publication track record in the fields of neurotrauma, epilepsy, social behaviour, and neuroinflammation, and she has sat on several journal editorial boards including Experimental Neurology and Neurotrauma Reports.

A/Prof. Semple has been active and engaged with the research community globally. She has served on the Executive Board for the International Neurotrauma Society, and was elected to the Council for the US National Neurotrauma Society (Vice-President-Elect 2022-23; past-Secretary, 2021-22). She was also a coordinating member of the Australasian Neurotrauma Workshop annual scientific conference and associated seminar series in 2022. In 2022, she was awarded the inaugural Mid-Career Excellence in Leadership Award from Monash University’s School of Translational Medicine Gender, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) committee; and in 2023, she was awarded the Rosalind Franklin Award from the US National Neurotrauma Society for excellence in research, education and mentoring.

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