Commencing in the role of Associate Dean, Research Training in January 2022 Associate Professor Priscilla Johanesen has extensive experience in the governance and administration of graduate research matters, including the design and implementation of strategic initiatives that improve timely completions, optimise administrative processes and enhance the student experience.    

Priscilla has a proven track record in leading cross-faculty course-work and professional development programs, with a wide variety of stakeholders and is committed to the evaluation and continual improvement of Doctoral training programs. 

An alumnus of Monash University Priscilla is a committed educator who previously held the position of Deputy Head, Teaching and Learning for the Department of Microbiology. Priscilla has been awarded numerous teaching awards including, the Dean’s award for excellence in education for outstanding contribution to student learning (team award) in 2020, the Vice-Chancellors Citation for outstanding contribution to student learning (team award) in 2021, and the national awards for teaching excellence from Australian Society for Microbiology in 2014 and an AAUT citation for outstanding contributions to student learning (team award) in 2021.

Priscilla is passionate about education and career development and is committed to enriching the graduate research experience and has previously held the position of the Director of the Graduate Program at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Graduate Research Coordinator roles for both the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at Monash BDI.