Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist. He is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.
Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995,the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996 and was named Australian of the Year in 1997. In the Australia Day Honours of 1997,he was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his work with Zinkernagel. He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations,Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention".
Jerry McKee Adams,FAA,FRS,FAHMS,FRSV is an Australian-American molecular biologist whose research into the genetics of haemopoietic differentiation and malignancy,led him and his wife,Professor Suzanne Cory,to be the first two scientists to pioneer gene cloning techniques in Australia,and to successfully clone mammalian genes.
The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies. Its original name was the 'Australian Academy of Technological Sciences',but in 1987 the name was lengthened to include Engineering,as 'Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering'. In 2015,the Academy adopted a new business name,the 'Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering',reserving the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering as its company name.
Richard Graeme Larkins is the former Chancellor of La Trobe University. He was the Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University from 2003 to June 2009. Prior to this,he had a distinguished career in medicine,scientific research and academic management.
Alan Simon Finkel is an Australian neuroscientist,inventor,researcher,entrepreneur,educator,policy advisor,and philanthropist. He was Australia’s Chief Scientist from 2016 to 2020. Prior to his appointment,his career included Chancellor of Monash University,President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE),and CEO and founder of Axon Instruments,and CTO for the electric car start-up Better Place Australia.
The Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR),was an Australian medical research institute located in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton,Victoria,consisting of 400 scientists and students belonging to the Faculty of Medicine,Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. In January 2014 the Institute merged with Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research and has since been renamed the Hudson Institute of Medical Research.
Sir Edward Byrne is a neuroscientist who served as Principal of King's College London from August 2014 until January 2021. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of Monash University.
Professor Samuel Frank Berkovic is an Australian neurologist and Laureate Professor in the Department of Medicine,University of Melbourne and Director of the Epilepsy Research Centre at Austin Health.
Brendan Scott CrabbFASM is an Australian microbiologist,research scientist and director and chief executive officer of the Burnet Institute,based in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia.
Sandra Eades is a Noongar physician,researcher and professor,and the first Aboriginal medical practitioner to be awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in 2003. As of March 2020 she is Dean of Medicine at Curtin University.
Jonathan Carapetis is an Australian paediatric physician with particular expertise in infectious disease and Indigenous child health. He is a Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia,an infectious diseases consultant at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children,and an Honorary Distinguished Research Fellow of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Carapetis is the Director of the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth,Western Australia.
Alan Donald Lopez is an Australian global and public health scholar and epidemiologist who focuses on the measurement of population health and the global descriptive epidemiologist of tobacco.
David Albert Cooper was an Australian HIV/AIDS researcher,immunologist,professor at the University of New South Wales,and the director of the Kirby Institute. He and Professor Ron Penny diagnosed the first case of HIV in Australia.
James Alexander Angus is an Australian pharmacologist,who has served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria since 12 November 2021.
David Joshua Handelsman, (AO) is trained in Medicine and Endocrinology. His expertise is in testicular function and androgen physiology,pharmacology,and toxicology. His experience spans basic,clinical,and public health domains including a recent focus on genetic models of androgen action,steroid mass spectrometry,and anti-doping science. He was Australia's first Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology. He has worked in the US,Australia,and Germany. His professional involvement includes the World Health Organisation (WHO) Human Reproduction Programme's Male Task Force,WHO Human Reproduction Programme,United Nations Fund for Population Activities,Endocrine Society of Australia,World Anti-Doping Agency's Health,Medicine and Research Committee,and Australian Drug Evaluation Committee.
Stephen J. Nicholls FRACP,FACC,FESC,FAHA,FAHMS,is an Australian cardiologist. He was appointed to the position of director of MonashHeart,Monash Health and professor of cardiology,Monash University in October 2018. He is the inaugural clinical director of the Victorian Heart Hospital. He is also the inaugural director of Monash University’s Victorian Heart Institute,an organisation dedicated to creating the cardiovascular health solutions of the future.
Gwendolyn Lesley Gilbert,better known as Lyn Gilbert,is an Australian microbiologist who specialises in the control and prevention of infectious diseases,including COVID-19.
Sophia Zoungas is a clinical endocrinologist from Victoria,Australia. She is recognised for her work in the management of diabetes and its vascular complications and leads Australia's largest translational research program in diabetes care and benchmarking of diabetes services. Zoungas's research explores the link between diabetes,glucose levels and cardiovascular risks and has enabled people with diabetes to be prescribed medication that reduce their cardiovascular risk factors. She is head of the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Monash University and is the Professor of Diabetes,Vascular Health and Ageing and is also deputy director of Research at Alfred Health.
