{"id":1155,"date":"2022-02-11T13:37:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T04:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:37:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T04:07:51","slug":"international-women-girls-in-science-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/2022\/02\/11\/international-women-girls-in-science-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women &amp; Girls in Science Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of International Women &amp; Girls in Science Day, we had a chat with one of our star STEM graduates, Phillipa Tsirgiotis, who was recently awarded the Best Biomedical Engineering Project Award at Flinders&#8217; annual innovation expo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1156 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/02\/Philippa2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/02\/Philippa2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/02\/Philippa2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/02\/Philippa2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Her project involved developing a medical device known as a shoulder mobiliser, and test the device to improve outcomes for patients recovering from shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was great to see that I could actually make a difference through something that I\u2019d spent a year creating. 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