Spotlight on women in STEMM
![Dr Elissa Burton with some of her research study participants.](https://s37430.pcdn.co/healthsciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/10/720x405028-crop2-320x180.jpg)
Dr Elissa Burton: fit for purpose
As a child, Dr Elissa Burton was sports mad and school was of secondary importance. Fittingly, she went on to work at a sporting organisation…
![Dr Deplazes is studying the anti-cancer activity of a spider venom peptide.](https://s37430.pcdn.co/healthsciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/12/720x405jumping-spider-300444_960_720-320x180.jpg)
Dr Evelyne Deplazes: scientist struck by spider venom
While the thought of spider venom would make most people shudder, Dr Deplazes is interested in its health-giving properties…
![Dr Blackford is tackling a global public health issue.](https://s37430.pcdn.co/healthsciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/04/720x405iStock-528298062-320x180.jpg)
Dr Krysten Blackford: global health issue tackled in WA
Dr Krysten Blackford, has made an impact on a condition so prevalent, it’s considered a global public health issue.
![Professor Catherine Elliott is determined to get intervention for cerebral palsy right.](https://s37430.pcdn.co/healthsciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/05/720x405-IMG_5264-320x180.jpg)
Professor Catherine Elliott: improving Early Intervention outcomes
Professor Elliott is a researcher in the area of neurological impairment, and is determined to get intervention for cerebral palsy right.
![Dr Biedermann researches whether meditation can enhance word retrieval.](https://s37430.pcdn.co/healthsciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/03/720x405Long-term-meditator-set-up-320x180.jpg)
Dr Britta Biedermann: meditation and cognitive neuropsychology
Strategy, an adventurous streak and more than a few leaps of faith…
![Bioleaching is an environmentally responsible process of extracting metals from ores.](https://s37430.pcdn.co/healthsciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/12/720x405Microbes-and-mining-320x180.jpg)
Professor Elizabeth Watkin: the microbial ecology of environmental systems
Serendipity played a part in Professor Elizabeth Watkin’s decision to pursue a career in the life sciences.
![Dr Dzidic with some of her HDR and fourth year research students - L-R Kaitlyn Holyman, Jessica Harrison, Hannah Uren, Tamara Lipscome, Jack Farrugia, Dr Dzidic, Matthew Phillips, Robert Wells.](https://s37430.pcdn.co/healthsciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/06/720x405-FourthYearsandHDRStudents-320x180.jpg)
Dr Peta Dzidic: community and social psychology
As an undergraduate student, Dr Dzidic developed a passion for the social sciences.