December 2023 newsletter
Welcome to the December 2023 newsletter. In this edition: A message from our President AAHMS highlights AAHMS Annual Meeting Survey Congratulations Fellows in the news A message from our President I write to you with our last AAHMS news of 2023. This year was a significant one for the Academy – we announced a new award […]
2023: AAHMS highlights
From welcoming our 100th mentee, to contributing to the nation’s policy priorities: the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has had a significant year. Here are some highlights of our work during 2023. Life as a Clinician-Scientist inspires record-breaking audiences A record-breaking 1000 people registered for our six Life as a Clinician-Scientist events in […]
Learned Academies and Leukaemia Foundation join forces to accelerate blood cancer research
Blood cancers are among the most common cancers in Australia, responsible for almost 6,000 cancer-related deaths annually. The Leukaemia Foundation is hoping that by 2035 no Australian will lose their life to blood cancer. Accelerating blood cancer research is one of four major priorities outlined in the National Strategic Action Plan for Blood Cancer. This plan serves […]
November 2023 newsletter
Welcome to the November 2023 newsletter. In this edition: A message from our President AAHMS awards AAHMS Annual Meeting Survey AAHMS policy news Congratulations Fellows in the news A message from our President It is a great pleasure to be writing to you as Academy President, following my election at the Academy’s Annual General Meeting […]
AAHMS Fellow elected to ATSE
Indigenous health leader and Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellow Professor Sandra Eades AO has been elected as an Honorary Fellow to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). Professor Eades’ outstanding contributions to public health and science have seen her named a Fellow of three Learned Academies: AAHMS, the Academy […]
AAHMS welcomes 27 new Fellows
An ophthalmologist-scientist, academic psychiatrist and a paediatric anaesthetist are among the 27 new Fellows elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. The Academy will welcome its new Fellows in a ceremony in Brisbane tonight (12 October), where they will be announced by the Academy’s Interim President Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO FRS FAA […]