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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…

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  Neurologists, dieticians, geneticists and more: meet our newest mentees

  The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has welcomed 12 new Associate Members into its Mentorship Program – the largest intake to date. Rising leaders in fields such as dietetics, adolescent health, and neuroscience are among the new mentees, who will be paired with an experienced Fellow for mentoring…

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  Five Fellows recognised with Australia Day honours

  The Academy would like to warmly congratulate Fellows who have been celebrated with Australia Day honours, recognising their contributions to health and medical sciences. Dr Alan Simon Finkel AC FAA FTSE FAHMS was named a Companion (AC) in the General Division of The Order of Australia for eminent service…

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  Life as a Clinician-Scientist: 2021 New South Wales Event

  How do you balance research and clinical work? What are the advantages of this career? Leading clinician-scientists shared their stories with an online audience for our 2021 event, discussing the challenges and opportunities of going from patient bedside to laboratory bench. You can watch recordings of their presentations in our…

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  December newsletter

  “The challenges presented by climate change require smart, holistic and cross-disciplinary thinking.” – ACOLA Welcome to the December newsletter. In this edition: A message from our President…

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  Moving from rhetoric to action – a joint statement on COP26

  The presidents of Australia’s five learned academies have issued a joint statement on COP26 and Australia’s path to net-zero emissions. “The challenges presented by climate change require smart, holistic and cross-disciplinary thinking. We need to continue developing and communicating research to challenge misinformation with robust evidence and steward an economy-wide transition to…

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  November newsletter

  Welcome to our November newsletter. In this edition: 2021 New Fellows…

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  AAHMS Fellow elected to Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

  AAHMS Fellow Professor Michael Berk FASSA FAHMS has been recognised for his innovations in psychiatric drug discovery with election to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).  Professor Berk is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and is Alfred Deakin Chair of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon…