Inaugural Jian Zhou Medal winners announced
We are delighted to announce the Academy’s first recipients of the Jian Zhou Medal: Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson FAHMS and Professor Andrew Steer FAHMS. The winners were announced at an online ceremony on Thursday 15 October. Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson FAHMS is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Group Leader at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Professor, Centre […]
2014-2020: Celebrating the formative years of the Academy
At its sixth annual meeting, in October 2020, the Academy published a document celebrating our formative years. View the publication here.
AAHMS New Fellows Booklet 2020
AAHMS welcomed the new Fellows on 14 October 2020. New Fellows Booklet 2020
Academy elects 28 new Fellows
28 of the nation’s top medical and health researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the health and medical research landscape in Australia, including 13 women. New Fellows 2020: watch the video here. The new Fellows are elected at a […]
Exploring the long-term health impacts the Australian bushfires
The Academy has published a joint briefing with the Australian Academy of Science on the health impacts of bushfires. ‘After the bushfires: addressing the health impacts’ explores health challenges caused by bushfire smoke or the direct impact of the fires on communities. These include the exposure to air pollutants, strain on mental health, heat stress, […]
Pre-budget submission 2020-2021
The Academy published its pre-budget submission for 2020-2021 on 25 August 2020. AAHMS Pre-budget submission 2020-2021