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  Life as a Clinician-Scientist: 2022 Queensland Clinical Sciences Symposium

  Working as a clinician-scientist can mean having three careers in a day—a doctor, a scientist, and a teacher. It’s a fascinating career path, but for many students, it can seem like a black box. How can you build this career, and what are the skills you need to succeed? Some…

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  Climate change an immediate threat to the health of Australians – health and medical research experts

  The nation’s top health and medical researchers declare climate change to be an urgent health priority in a new statement. Today, on World Health Day, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences launches Climate change: an urgent health priority at an event featuring some of Australia’s most eminent…

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  AAHMS analysis: 2022-23 Federal Budget

  Explore highlights and priority areas related to health and medical research in our analysis of the 2022-23 Federal Budget .   You can also download our analysis. 1.  Summary 2.  Policy priority areas for the Academy COVID-19 and pandemic response Climate change and health Aboriginal and Torres…

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  March newsletter

  Welcome to the March newsletter. In this edition: A message from our President Statement on Ukraine Health impacts of climate change The Jian Zhou Medal Vale Professor Pamela Russell and Professor Chris Del Mar Forthcoming events Sector news and opportunities Congratulations Fellows in the news…

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  ACOLA Statement on Ukraine

  The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA), of which the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences is a member, has released a statement condemning the recent military operation by the Russian Government towards Ukraine.  The statement is available in full below. ACOLA’s members, Australia’s Learned Academies, are deeply…

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  Vale Emeritus Professor Pamela Russell AM FAHMS

  Emeritus Professor Pamela Russell AM FAHMS was a highly creative scientist whose contributions to oncology research gained international recognition and changed the lives of many. Elected to the Academy in 2015, it is with great sadness that we share news of her passing. Professor Russell directed the Oncology Research Centre,…

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  Vale Professor Chris Del Mar AM FAHMS

  Professor of Public Health Chris Del Mar AM FAHMS was a champion of evidence-based practice and much-loved mentor to many junior doctors and medical students. It is with great sadness that we share news of his passing, a loss that will be felt by many. Professor Del Mar was elected…

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  Meet our Fellows in our video library

  More than 440 leading health and medical minds make up the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences – get to know them via our video library. Our Fellows include experts across a range of fields – from the social determinants of health, to Australia’s first Indigenous…

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  Meet Outstanding Female Researcher Medal winner Professor Georgina Long

  “Melanoma is also the most common cancer impacting 20 to 39-year-old Australians. At the centre of all we do is our patients – they inspire me to keep asking questions about the why, how and what next for melanoma to achieve zero deaths or eradicate it completely.” This International…

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  Joint statement from the Learned Academies regarding ARC funding veto

  We, the Presidents of Australia’s Learned Academies, are committed to a research and innovation system underpinned by the expertise and talent of researchers across the sciences, humanities, technology and engineering, social sciences, and health and medicine. We urge that our system be consistent with world’s best practice, where expertise in both…