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Monday 2 November 2015

Monash doctor and refugee advocate receives Distinguished Alumni Award

Associate Professor Andrew Block
Associate Professor Andrew Block was recognised at the University’s Distinguished Alumni Awards this week for his outstanding work with refugees and disadvantaged people.

Awarded by Chancellor of Monash University Dr Alan Finkel AO on 28 October, Associate Professor Block was one of 11 faculty recipients of the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Awards that celebrate the outstanding achievements and exceptional qualities of Monash alumni worldwide. 

A clinician-leader with joint appointments at Monash Health and the University in the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Associate Professor Andrew Block was was appointed as Director of General Medicine at Dandenong Hospital in 2006.  In 2010 he began as Director of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health at Dandenong Hospital.

“I have enjoyed the privilege of being a Monash alumnus for the last 19 years, and particularly the last nine years as an active contributor to the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, said Associate Professor Block.

“I have always found Monash University to support innovation, be agile with opportunity and embody the culture and spirit of inquiry needed for the nation's future thought leaders.”

Associate Professor Block said that recent developments with Monash Partners and the Academic Health Science Centres see us poised to take a place amongst the world's elite learning institutions.

Read more about Associate Professor Block and his work with refugees here.


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