Health professional celebrated for advancing patient care
Congratulations to Dr Danny Tsai who is a recipient of the Achievement Award in the Advanced Pharmacy Australia 2026 SA/NT Branch Awards, for his work improving patient care in regional and remote communities.
His research has produced the first evidence‑based antibiotic dosing recommendations for First Nations patients with critical illness and for patients receiving haemodialysis. These recommendations have been incorporated into NT clinical guidelines and routine practice across hospitals and dialysis services.
The Branch Awards recognise outstanding pharmacists, technicians and teams whose work has strengthened patient care and advanced the profession across SA and the NT in the past year.
Demographer receives national recognition for teaching excellence
Congratulations to Professor Udoy Saikia for receiving the 2026 Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision award from the Australian Council of Graduate Research (ACGR), for outstanding teaching in demography over more than two decades.
An internationally recognised leader in social demography, Professor Saikia has mentored 28 PhD students who have since progressed into senior academic and policy roles globally, where they are now having real-world impact by advancing community wellbeing and nation-building across the Indo-Pacific.
Now in its ninth year, the ACGR Awards for Excellence in Graduate Research recognise individuals and teams making outstanding contributions to graduate research education across Australia and beyond.
Flinders wins Boomi 2026 Customer Innovation Award
From left to right: Sujoy Banerjee, Flinders Senior IDS Integration Specialist, Sebastian Hassell, Flinders Senior Solution Architect, and Chris Hallenbeck, Boomi Senior Vice President and General Manager of AI & Platform. Photo: Boomi
Flinders University has received the Platform Excellence Award in the Boomi 2026 Asia Pacific (APAC) Customer Innovation Awards, in recognition of the University’s work using Boomi’s Integration and Data Management solutions to support critical student, staff, research, finance and operational services across the institution.
Using the Boomi platform, Flinders has modernised its data systems while reducing the need for manual work and supporting faster services across the University.
“Whether they are unlocking measurable business impact, activating enterprise data, embracing AI and agentic transformation, or building platform capabilities for future growth, each of these organisations is delivering outcomes that extend well beyond technology,” David Irecki, Boomi’s Chief Technology Officer (Asia Pacific and Japan), said.