Prof Hartland named among latest AAHMS Fellows

Hudson Institute Director and CEO, Professor Elizabeth Hartland AM is among an impressive group of health and medical leaders to be named Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

The Academy welcomed the 31 new Fellows, who included an immunisation expert, a drug discoverer and a pioneering genomicist, in a ceremony at its Annual Meeting in Adelaide on Thursday, 24 October 2024.

Academy President, Professor Louise Baur said new Fellows were elected by their peers through a competitive process, which recognised their significant and continuing contributions to health and medical sciences.

AAHMS Fellows

“Our new Fellows have a truly exceptional body of work, with each of them considered an international leader in their respective fields,” she said.

“Our Fellowship represents the breadth and diversity of Australia’s health and medical expertise, allowing us to draw on independent, expert and evidence-based advice to drive change and improve health for all.

“I’m deeply pleased to welcome three First Nations Fellows this year, Professors Dawn Bessarab, Raymond Lovett and James Ward. They have made incredible contributions to the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and to the broader health and medical sciences. First Nations people were the nation’s first scientists, and there is so much that can be learned from their wealth of knowledge and experience.

“This year we also welcome six Fellows who work in allied health, including leaders in clinical exercise physiology, social work, exercise oncology, physiotherapy and fall prevention, preoperative exercise and rehabilitation, and mental health.

Prof Hartland was recognised for her internationally significant research which informs fundamental knowledge of host-pathogen interactions and the development of anti-infective and immune-enhancing therapies that target the infection process.

About the Academy

The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences is the impartial, authoritative, cross-sector voice of health and medical science in Australia. We advance health and medical research in Australia to improve everyone’s health.

We are an independent, interdisciplinary body of Fellows – elected by their peers for their outstanding achievements and exceptional contributions to health and medical science in Australia. Collectively, they are a representative and independent voice, through which we engage with the community, industry and governments.

The Academy is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient.