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Reforming Human Tissue Laws
Reforming Human Tissue Laws to Safeguard Trust and Enable Lifesaving Research Major advances in modern medicine rest on acts of public trust — including the decision to donate human tissue for research. From cancer immunotherapies to regenerative medicine, Australia’s health and medical research system depends on ethical, well-governed frameworks that…
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Inclusive Leadership Mentoring Program
AAHMS to Deliver 2026 Inclusive Leadership Mentoring Program for Women The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) will deliver the 2026 Inclusive Leadership Mentoring Program, in partnership with Serendis Leadership, securing the continuation of this nationally regarded initiative following the closure of Franklin Women in late 2025. Although…
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10-year agenda for women’s equity in Australia
National plan sets 10-year agenda for women’s equity in Australia’s health and medical sciences The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has today released a landmark ten-year roadmap to advance equity and leadership representation for women across the nation’s health and medical sciences (HMS) ecosystem. Women in the Health…
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Calls on Government to develop AAHMS-recommended national biomonitoring program
PFAS Senate Select Committee calls on Government to develop AAHMS-recommended national biomonitoring program The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences welcomes the Senate Select Committee on PFAS’ publication of the Final Report of their Inquiry into the extent, regulation and management of PFAS. The Committee has recommended that the…
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AAHMS and Global Academies launch Climate–Health Action Coalition
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences joins with global Academies of health and medicine to launch Global Coalition to Advance Climate–Health Action The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) has joined with national Academies of health and medicine from around the world today to announce the…
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Academy calls for renewed focus on trust in health and medical science
More than 150 of Australia’s leading health and medical scientists recently gathered in Canberra for the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences’ (AAHMS) 2025 Annual Meeting, which served as a national discussion on how to strengthen trust in health and medicine at a time of rapid social and technological…
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AAHMS calls for release of MRFF funds
The Academy and the Medical Research Future Fund share a common origin story. We were established at almost the same moment – both created in recognition that Australia’s future prosperity and wellbeing depend on embedding evidence at the heart of our national decision-making. The Academy was founded to ensure that…
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President’s Address: 2025 Academy Annual Gala Dinner
Good evening, colleagues, Fellows, and esteemed guests. I’d like to begin firstly by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the lands on which we are gathered tonight, the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples — and to pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and…
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29 of Australia’s leading health and medical researchers elected as AAHMS Fellows
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) has announced the election of 29 new Fellows for 2025, recognising the nation’s most outstanding minds in health and medical research, innovation, and leadership. Election to the Academy is one of the highest honours in Australian health and medical…
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President’s opening address: 2025 AAHMS Annual Meeting
Good morning, everyone – Fellows, and guests – welcome. I’d like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we are gathered, lands which have never been ceded, lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, and to pay my respects to their Elders past…