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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…
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Professor Ray Lovett awarded Academy’s prestigious Outstanding First Nations Researcher Medal
A leading Indigenous epidemiologist whose work is transforming the understanding of health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been awarded the 2025 Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Outstanding First Nations Researcher Medal. Professor Ray Lovett FAHMS, Director of the Mayi Kuwayu Study…
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Evidence Brief dispels myths of causal link between autism, paracetamol and vaccines
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has released a new Evidence Brief on autism, addressing misinformation and reaffirming what the science makes clear: there is no evidence that vaccines or paracetamol cause autism. The brief explains that autism arises from a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors,…
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Trust on trial: Tina Purnat on trust in an age of doubt
In the shadow of political attacks on science, Tina Purnat calls for repairing the social contract between evidence and society. With unprecedented attacks on science that have curbed the freedom to work, collaborate, and move across borders, it’s clear that the anti-science agenda hasn’t been limited to just rhetoric, it’s…
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Two pioneering researchers awarded 2025 Jian Zhou Medals
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has awarded the 2025 Jian Zhou Medal to two outstanding mid-career researchers whose work is transforming clinical practice and shaping the future of the health and medical sciences: Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg, and Professor Francine Marques. The Medal, awarded annually to rising…
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World-leading neurologist awarded Outstanding Female Researcher Medal
A neurologist and epileptologist whose pioneering research has transformed the understanding and treatment of epilepsy has been awarded Australia’s most prestigious health and medical sciences award for women researchers, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences’ Outstanding Female Researcher Medal. Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO FRS FAA FAHMS, Chair…
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AAHMS welcomes release of draft National Strategy for health and medical research
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences welcomes today’s release of the draft National Health and Medical Research Strategy 2026–2036. On initial reading of the draft strategy, the Academy is pleased to see that several of the priorities it has consistently called for are included in the draft. These…
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17 emerging leaders welcomed to the Academy’s Mentorship Program
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) welcomes 17 new mentees to the AAHMS Mentorship Program, recognising their potential as emerging leaders in health and medical research. Chosen from a competitive national pool of applicants, the new mentees will join the Academy as Associate Members for three years…