Grace was the first medical student in Australia to be awarded a New Colombo Scholarship by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2015 for her project in post-war health policy. Since then, she has also served as the executive director of the renowned Australian Medical Student Journal and contributed to numerous research projects including the characterisation of a novel fusion protein designed to prevent pancreatic cell death, which was awarded the 2017 Mater Honours Scholarship and the 3MT People’s Choice Award.
Grace will use her Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her research interests in philosophy, focussing on fields including epistemology, metaphysics, ontology and religious philosophy. It is her aim to merge knowledge of these fields with neurobiological research to effectively alleviate symptoms of psychiatric illness. She aspires to become an author, academic and itinerant speaker, with a focus on the crossover between philosophy, theology and human behaviour.