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14 UWAnewsPROMOTION BRIEFSBriefs provided by Elizabeth Hutchinson, Executive Officer,Promotions and Tenure Committee, Human Resources.ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TO PROFESSORProfessor Billie Giles-CortiSchool of Population HealthShe is an outstanding researcher and academic who over the past severalyears has had a major responsibility in leading a productive programmeof research. She has been highly successful in obtaining research grants, intraining research students and in publishing an extensive body of researchin high quality journals in her field. Her recent research has primarily beenin physical activity and health, focusing on understanding environmentalinfluences on behaviour. In this area she has made outstanding internationallyrecognised contributions and has an established reputation as a researchleader and innovator in her field.She has demonstrated a commitment to high quality teaching at variouslevelsand has made excellent contributions in the core areas of public healthteaching. She has an excellent record in postgraduate student supervision.She is well organised, and provides clear learning objectives and up to datereferences to support the topics.She excels in her contribution to service. Beyond the usual activities at theSchool and Faculty level she has clearly demonstrated her management andleadership capacity in performing the role of being the inaugural Director ofthe Albany Centre.SENIOR LECTURER TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSORassociate professor Hélène JaccomardFrench Studies, European Languages and Studies, School of HumanitiesShe enjoys international status and has made a significant contribution toresearch. The journals in which she publishes are of high international statusand she clearly provides research leadership.She has made substantial use of technology in specialist French courses(according to the disciplines) such as Law, Economics, Business, and Scienceand in courses for near-native speakers. She stimulates the interests ofstudents and since 1996 her teaching has been rewarded regularly by highlysignificant awards. She has been invited overseas to introduce her teachingmethods and has established very strong institutional links with severalUniversities. She is also a leader in the study of French AIDS testimonies andFranco-Maghrebine literature.She has made significant contributions to the discipline and the School ofHumanities through service.SENIOR LECTURER TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSORassociate professor ANNETTE GEORGESchool of Earth and Geographical SciencesShe was promoted following a recommendation of the Promotions and TenureCommittee and in July 2005. Among her accomplishments are the following:Dr George is well known internationally as a sedimentologist and haspublished in very high impact interdisciplinary journals with large globalreaderships which clearly demonstrates a consistently high scientific standardof research output. Recognition in 2002 as the inaugural winner of theDorothy Hill Award by the Australian Academy of Science marks Dr Georgeas one of the foremost female researchers in geoscience within Australia. Herinclusion as a presenter at the 2003 Frontiers of Science symposium held bythe Australian Academy of Science is a further indication of her standing.Student ratings indicate that Dr George is a superior teacher, respected bystudents for achieving learning outcomes. Her achievements in teaching wererecognised at UWA by a Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000, a levelwhich has been maintained.Her leadership capacities are exemplified by her service as Head ofDepartment and subsequently Head of Discipline.other areas such as the use of electrokinetics for ground treatment, seismictomography in the centrifuge and backfilling of mines.He has succeeded in establishing collaboration and links withsome of the top civil engineering schools in the world and hasachieved good exposure at a variety of international conferences.His great enthusiasm for teaching is well known by both staff and studentsin the School of Civil & Resource Engineering. He is capable of successfullydeveloping an appropriate curriculum and achieving an effective teaching style.Dr Ismail’s service within and outside the University is outstanding. Hecurrently oversees the laboratory testing consultancy for the Centre forOffshore Foundations Systems, which produces an income of more than$600,000 every year.LECTURER TO SENIOR LECTURERDr Sharon PurchaseSchool of Economics and CommerceShe has a clear international profile as a researcher in the area of businessto-businessmarketing. She is a regular contributor to scholarly developmentsboth through her publications and her regular contributions to the annualIndustrial Marketing and Purchasing Group’s conference - the world’s premierconference in this area.She has a growing profile in Europe as well as in the USA - her links with theCentre in Supply Chain Management in Bordeaux and her involvement withthe IMP Group’s research project in Norway have brought both her andUWA notable exposure.She has provided exceptional performance in her teaching, coursedevelopment and service.ASSOCIATE LECTURER TO LECTURERMr Martin AndersonSchool of Human Movement and Exercise ScienceHe was promoted following a recommendation of the Promotions and TenureCommittee in July 2005. Among his accomplishments are the following:He is a dedicated and committed teacher who has coordinated the PhysicalEducation stream with the Graduate Diploma in Education for many years. Thereis strong evidence of his leadership in the development of curriculum throughscholarly assessment of the academic literature in pedagogy, and especially throughreflective teaching practice and experiential learning in the community.His research has been published in professional and internationally refereedjournals of high quality demonstrating a research active academic making asignificant contribution to scholarship.He is a Board member of The Australian Council for Health and PhysicalEducation and Recreation (ACHPER), the professional association forPhysical/Health Education teachers and has assisted in the structure of sucheducation programmes in schools through his involvement with DET. He iscurrently Chair of the Curriculum Council PE Syllabus Committee for postcompulsory studies.LECTURER TO SENIOR LECTURERDr Mostafa IsmailCentre for Offshore Foundation SystemsHe is well known and respected nationally and internationally for hisachievements in state-of-the-art element testing of soil samples and he hasextensive experience in this area having worked in soil mechanics laboratoriesin both Egypt and Kuwait. His research is published in the top geotechnicaljournals. He also reviews papers for a variety of international journals andhas recently joined the editorial board of the Geotechnical Testing Journal ofthe American Society for Testing and Materials which is the leading journalfor experimental methods and techniques in the discipline. Although DrIsmail’s research focuses on element testing, his research is diversifying intoTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 22 AUGUST 2005