Celebrating excellence: Deakin's newest ARC Laureate Fellow
Professor Svetha Venkatesh of Deakin University was among those awarded the 2017 ARC Laureate Fellowship this month.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) have named the 2017 ARC Laureate fellows this month. Designed to reflect Australia’s commitment to excellence in research, this prestigious award celebrates pre-eminent scientists and their leadership and mentoring contribution to Australia’s research community.

Among Professor Venkatesh’s achievements is the development of a health analytics program to help doctors predict suicide risk in patients. The outcomes of this program have been spun out to create iHosp, a start-up that promises to improve efficiency and patient care in hospitals around the world.
Professor Venkatesh also played a key role in PRaDA’s development of the TOBY Playpad app, a program that is providing life changing therapy for children with autism.
To read more about the ongoing achievements and work of PRaDA, visit the Deakin University website.