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2016 JUDGES’ CHOICE WINNER: Georgia Richards, 22, chronic pain scientist and researcher.

Georgia is on a mission to improve the quality of life of those who live and suffer with chronic pain, particularly Australian military veterans. “I was amazed at the number of people living with chronic pain, one in five Australians, and the suffering it brought to their lives, not to mention the $35 billion per annum it costs our economy,” says Georgia. Since winning in 2016, Georgia has presented at the 16th World Congress on

Pain conference in Japan, has been chosen to be a keynote speaker at The University of Queensland’s annual Young Scholars Program, and invited to be a participant in the World Science Festival in Brisbane in 2017. She was also accepted into a PhD course at the University of Oxford which begins in September.

“I really couldn’t have made this happen without the support of the Award,” says Georgia. “I had the funds to do a trainee program at Oxford, and was able to have face-to-face interviews with the professors, which I wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise.” Georgia has also been offered a place at St Edmund Hall, one of the oldest, most prestigious colleges at the University of Oxford.

Left: Georgia receiving her Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science) from The University of Queensland. Thanks to her win, Georgia has been able to travel to the UK to complete a trainee program at the University of Oxford, where she will complete her...