Fellowship

The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences elects the best and brightest minds in the field of medical and health sciences as Fellows.

Fellows are elected in recognition of their outstanding achievements and exceptional contributions to the sector. The Fellowship are acknowledged for their clinical, non-clinical, leadership, industry and research contributions.

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To find Fellows of our Academy either use the search form below or download the full list of current Fellows here.

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Professor and Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Austin Health
Fellow
2016
VIC

Professor McDonald is an eminent physician-scientist working in the field of Respiratory Medicine. She has distinguished herself as a physician, investigator and teacher and latterly also as public spokesperson and department and institute head. She is recognised nationally and internationally for translating clinical research from bench to bedside in home and hospital settings, especially in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She exemplifies the many objective and empathic skills needed to be a rigorous scientist, administrator and care-giver. She is therefore deserving of the recognition this membership will bring.

Professor of Neurology
University of Western Australia
Fellow
2016
WA

Professor Hankey is recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in medical and health science in the field of stroke research.  He has a number of international and national awards as well as more than 300 publications in which he has made major advances in the field of stroke prevention particularly.  He has shown how blood thinners prevent recurrent stroke.  He is an outstanding leader in his role as Professor of Neurology, University of Western Australia as well having global roles such as World Stroke Organization board member and editorial consultant for one of the world’s leading journals, The Lancet.

Deputy Director
Neuroscience Research Australia
Fellow
2016
NSW

Simon Gandevia is a clinical neurophysiologist with a history of major discoveries about human movement control in health and disease.  His research covers three strands: (i) neural mechanisms of proprioception; (ii) neural control of muscle performance, especially during muscle fatigue; and (iii) control of human breathing muscles.  His work has provided insight into many disorders, including stroke, spinal cord injury, prior–‐polio, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and obstructive sleep apnoea.  Also, he was a founder of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (now NeuRA) in 1992 and elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1998.

NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow
Monash University
Fellow
2016
VIC

Professor Susan Davis is a National Health and Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellow, Chair of Women’s Health, and Head of the Women’s Health Research Program at Monash University.  She is considered an international authority on androgens in women and the menopause.  Her research has influenced the management of a range of health issues in women at midlife, globally.  She has made, and continues to make, important contributions to the health and quality of life of women at midlife, as a researcher, clinician and educator.

Head of Inflammation Division and Professor/Director Rheumatology Unit
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Royal Melbourne Hospital & University of Melbourne
Fellow
2016
VIC

Professor Ian Wicks is Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Head of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s Inflammation Division. His Research on inflammatory diseases enabled him to identify several cytokine receptors as novel therapeutic targets. He led collaborations to develop therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against these targets. One of these has completed successful Phase 2 Trials for rheumatoid arthritis and two others are poised for evaluation in other inflammatory diseases. His contribution extends to leadership roles in Rheumatology, teaching, training and clinical research. He serves on the NHMRC Translational Research Faculty and peer-reviews at national and international levels.

Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Chronic Disease and Ageing
Monash University
Fellow
2016
VIC

Professor McNeil’s research activities have involved the application of epidemiological methods to problems in clinical medicine and public health.  In recognition of his service he was awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in 2009.  Professor McNeil has developed a strategy to undertake large community based intervention trials successfully, as demand for new preventive interventions become ready for evaluation.  He currently heads the largest clinical trial in Australia.  He has also developed the strategy to benchmark hospital performance using the clinical quality registries, and is leading the largest Australian centre for registry science.  Professor McNeil has been involved in a variety of leadership roles which includes directorships in institutions nationally and internationally.

FRS FAA FAHMS
Joint Division Head, ACRF Cancer Biology and Stem Cells
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Fellow
2016
VIC

Jane Visvader has made seminal contributions to the fields of mammary biology and breast cancer. Her team achieved a very significant breakthrough in health and medical sciences, with the isolation of breast stem cells. This work and her subsequent identification of master regulators of mammary gland development and cells of origin of cancer have altered our understanding of breast cancer, and pioneered a new field of research – Breast stem cell biology. Collectively these findings have laid a framework for translating basic discoveries to the clinic, aiming for improved breast cancer outcomes for the next generation of women.

Director, Kolling Institute Medical Research
University of Sydney
Fellow
2016
NSW

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Sydney and President Elect of the Perinatal Society Australia and New Zealand and a Board Member of the Global Obstetric Network (GoNET). Awarded Member of the Order of Australia for his clinical, research, education and advocacy work in Women’s Health. Professor Morris has over 160 publications and has held continuous NHMRC Funding for over 10 years as Chief Investigator A. He leads a perinatal research group at The Kolling Institute, of which he is the Director, which has 40 members, and extends from basic science to population and health service research.

Director, Menzies Health Institute Queensland
Griffith University
Fellow
2016
QLD

Over the past 15 years, Professor Scuffham has made significant contributions to the field of health economics and policy. He has led research and commercial work ($8.3m since 2011) which has greatly impacted health policy decisions and expenditure (~$3.3b over next 5 years) in Australia. His commitment to advance the field of health economics in Australia has been demonstrated through his strong leadership and community engagement. He has developed a national and international research profile publishing >200 peer-reviewed journal articles (plus >100 reports) and holds editorial positions with leading journals in the field (Value in Health and Medical Decision Making).

Senior Principal Research Fellow
Neuroscience Research Australia
Fellow
2016
NSW

Professor Rob Herbert is recognised as a world leader both in clinical trials of physiotherapy interventions and mechanisms of motor impairment. He has led major studies with important findings in both fields. He has published widely in leading journals (>175 full-length papers; world’s 6th most published researcher in physiotherapy). He holds an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship. He established the online PEDro database of randomised trials in physiotherapy which is searched over 2 million times per year and he has been a pioneer of evidence-based physiotherapy in Australia and internationally.

Our Fellows sit at the heart of everything we do. They represent Australia’s leading minds in health and medical sciences, having been recognised for their clinical, non-clinical, leadership, industry and research contributions.

To be considered for election to the Academy’s Fellowship, a candidate must show exceptional professional achievement in a field related to health and/or medicine.

Fellows contribute to the projects and activities of the Academy and must be willing to be active participants.

Successful Fellowship candidates will have shown:

  • Outstanding leadership in their field.
  • Significant and ongoing involvement with issues of health care, prevention of disease, education, research, and health services policy and delivery.

Candidates for Fellowship should meet the following criteria:

  • National and International recognition for excellence in health and medical science
  • Significant, sustained and ongoing contributions to advance health and medical science in Australia (relative to opportunity)
  • Contribution to the profession through leadership and mentorship
  • Raised public understanding and promoting health and medical science in the broader community



Download criteria for Fellowship

Each year, current Fellows of the Academy are invited to nominate up to four new candidates who meet the criteria and fulfil the required expectations.

Nominations by a Fellow of two new candidates must ensure that at least one nomination is a woman. Nominations by a Fellow of four new candidates must ensure that at least two nominations are women.

How to make a nomination

Fellows wishing to nominate a candidate for Fellowship should contact the secretariat to confirm candidate eligibility and receive and instructions on how to submit the completed nomination documentation online. 

Fellows wishing to nominate a candidate for a Corresponding Fellowship should contact the secretariat for more information.

Secretariat contact details
Email: [email protected]

Phone: 07 3102 7220

Nomination guidelines for ordinary Fellowship

October 2022
Newly elected Fellows of 2022 are inducted at the Annual Meeting.

Late September 2022-November 2022
Nominations are invited from existing Fellows until the closing date of 30 November.

December 2022
Nominations allocated to Selection Committees.

January – April 2023
Referees’ reports sought.

Early May 2023
Selection Committees meet to consider nominations and provide final recommendations to the Council.

Early-to-mid-July 2023
Council meets to finalise recommendations.

Late July 2023
Full Fellowship invited to comment on recommended new fellows.

August 2023
Election results are shared with proposers and candidates (under embargo).

October 2023
Newly elected Fellows of 2023 inducted at the Annual Meeting.

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