Submission to Australian Universities Accord Interim Report consultation
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences strongly supports the Government’s commitment to reform Australia’s higher education system through an Australian Universities Accord and we welcome the opportunity to provide input in response to the Accord Panel’s Interim Report. AAHMS broadly supports the vision of the Interim Report and its five immediate priority actions. […]
A treatment for every child: Professor David Ziegler
“Children are not little adults, their cancers are different” Sydney’s Professor David Ziegler plans to be able to improve treatment for every child with cancer. He’s working in the clinic to trial treatments for the fatal brain stem tumour DIPG, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. And he’s driving the development of the national Zero Childhood Cancer […]
First responders in our skin and gut revealed: Prof Laura Mackay
Offering new ways to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases A decade ago, University of Melbourne’s Professor Laura Mackay discovered the “first responders” of our immune system, a unique population of T cells based in our skin, gut and other barrier tissues. Now she’s working to super-charge their protective power to clear infections and fight cancer, and […]
AAHMS calls for big picture strategy to improve health research and innovation
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has called for the Government to look at the big picture when considering the future of health and medical research funding. The Academy is advocating for a bold strategic vision to ensure investments deliver benefits for health, society and the economy. The Academy’s submission to the Government’s […]
Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences statement supporting the Voice to Parliament
Later this year, Australia will vote on a proposed law to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The Academy supports the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience a greater burden […]
Experts to contribute to Long COVID and Repeated Infections Inquiry
How can you receive quality healthcare for an illness if there isn’t a clear definition of what that illness is? This is one of many issues the country’s leading experts will address during a roundtable discussion at Parliament House in Canberra on 17 February 2023, to inform the Inquiry into Long COVID and Repeated COVID […]