November newsletter

Welcome to the November 2022 newsletter. In this edition: A message from our new President Welcome to our new Fellows Federal Budget analysis ACOLA report on disability confidence Sector news and events Congratulations Fellows in the news A message from our President It is with great pleasure that I write my first update as President […]

ACOLA report: Enhancing Disability Responsiveness

A new report from Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) outlines how training in all occupations can be more responsive to people with disability and highlights best practices. The project, Ensuring Occupations are Responsive to People with Disability, explored the context and adequacy of training about disability in Australia and, through this work, ACOLA developed […]

AAHMS analysis: 2022-23 October Federal Budget

Image of Parliament House. Experts delivered advice to inform a parliamentary inquiry into long COVID.

The Academy has produced an analysis of the Federal Budget handed down on 25 October 2022.  As expected, much of the budget focuses on finding efficiencies around some of the programs introduced by the previous government. Consequently, there is limited news for research and innovation. For health, the overarching narrative from the Department of Health […]

Congratulations to the 2022 CSL Centenary Fellowship recipients

Discovery research that could solve mysteries of the human immune system, leading to better malaria vaccines and treatments for chronic bowel disease, has received a boost from the 2022 CSL Centenary Fellowships. Dr Michelle Boyle, of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute/Burnet Institute, and Dr Samuel Forster, of Hudson Institute of Medical Research, are the 2022 […]

AAHMS Fellow elected to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

AAHMS Fellow, Distinguished Professor Dietmar Hutmacher, is among the 27 innovators to be elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) for 2022. ATSE Fellows are leaders in applied science, technology and engineering, elected by their peers in recognition of exceptional professional contributions to Australian STEM innovation. Distinguished Professor […]

Keep up to date with the latest news

By providing your email address, you consent to it being added to our mailing list.