Professor Kate Leslie
Professor Kate Leslie has demonstrated distinguished professional achievement in research, education and governance in anaesthesia and the wider specialist medical community. She is recognised by her peers for her research in the areas of awareness during anaesthesia and large perioperative trials. She is also recognised for her leadership as a former president of the Australian […]
Professor Ricky Johnstone
Professor Ricky Johnstone is a recognised leader in the area of cancer epigenetics and therapeutics. He has developed sophisticated pre-clinical models to elucidate the mechanisms of action of small molecule histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) and mechanisms of intrinsic and acquired tumor cell resistance to HDACi. Professor Johnstone has developed, tested and validated rational combinations of small […]
Professor Rodney Hicks
Professor Hicks has made major contributions to the care of patients with cancer through his pioneering work with positron emission tomography (PET), which has now become a routine imaging test for selecting and monitoring cancer therapies. By applying this technology in translational research he has helped develop new cancer therapies, especially targeted drugs for malignancies […]
Professor David Crawford
For over 30 years David Crawford has conducted innovative research focused on improving population health behaviours, with a focus on nutrition, physical activity and obesity. He and his team have conducted a number of intervention trials to improve health behaviours and prevent obesity, with some of these currently being rolled out as part of Victoria’s […]
Professor Peter Choong
Professor Peter Choong is an internationally recognised orthopaedic surgeon and leader in musculoskeletal research who is engaged in clinical and basic science research that covers the fields of musculoskeletal tumours, joint replacement and advanced limb reconstruction. Peter is widely published with over 260 peer-reviewed articles (H score 37) in these areas and is a recipient […]
Vale Professor Henry Burger
Henry Burger is a clinician-scientist who has made major contributions to general and reproductive endocrinology. He was a co-leader of the group which successfully isolated inhibin. He showed that it had an important clinical role in the diagnosis and monitoring of ovarian malignancy. He defined the role of inhibin in the endocrinology of the menopausal […]