Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science 2025 Fellows are,
* Gary Anderson (Uni Melbourne) * Tracy Burrows (Uni Newcastle)M * Jayesh Desai (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) * Valsamma Eapen (UNSW) * Gregory Fox (Uni Sydney * Peter Gibbs (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) * John Greenwood (Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute) * Yuming Guo (Monash U) * Prue Hart (Uni WA)
* Natasha Harvey (Uni South Australia) * Michael Kassiou (Uni Sydney) * Paul Kelly (ANU) * Glenn King (Uni Queensland) * Peter Kistler (The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne)
* Dan Lubman (Eastern Health, Victoria) * Barend Marais (Uni Sydney) * Keith Martin (Uni Melbourne) * Rachel Neale (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute) * Belinda Parker (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) * Jose Polo (Uni Adelaide) * Enzo Porrello (Murdoch CRI) * Helen Reddel (Woolcock IMR) * Susan Sawyer (Uni Melbourne) * Alta Schutte (UNSW) * Dan Siskind (Uni Queensland) * Wayne Tilley (Uni Adelaide) * Julian Trollor (UNSW) * Minghao Zheng (UWA) * David Ziegler (UNSW).
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Gabriele Bammer (ANU) is re-elected president of the Global Alliance for Inter and Trans Disciplinarity.
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The British Academy (humanities and social sciences) 2025 International Fellows include, Margaret Davies (Flinders U) and Marilyn Lake (Uni Melbourne).
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Grains Research and Development Corporation announces 2025 research fellowships,
ECRs: Nick Fradgley (Uni Sydney), Chloe Lai (Uni Southern Queensland), James Manson (CSIRO), Simon Michelmore (SA R&D I) Shovon Chandra Sarkar (Murdoch University) Arineh Tahmasian (CSIRO): Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni (Jupiter Ionics): Chenchen Zhao (Uni Tasmania).
MCRs: Brendan Brown (CSIRO), Elizabeth Czislowski (Curtin U), Julian Greenwood (ANU), April Hastwell (Uni Queensland, Lachlan Lake (SA R&D I), Xia (Emma) Liang (Uni Melbourne), James Lloyd (Uni WA), Mareike Moeller (ANU), Alex Wu (Uni Queensland).
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Shaun Gregory (QUT) wins the 2025 Batterham Medal from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
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Alastair Hick will become CEO of research venture fund UniSeed in January, moving from Monash U.
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Alison Huitfeldt joins RMIT as General Counsel. She was recently with Linfox Armaguard.
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Adele Lausberg returns to the Property Council of Australia as ED of its Student Accommodation Council. She moves from Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia.
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Governor General Sam Mostyn and husband Simeon Beckett are joint patrons of Western Sydney University’s Indigenous Centre of Excellence.
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Ann Marie Priest (CQU) wins the Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship to fund work on her biography of Henry Handel Richardson.
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The Prime Minister’s 2025 Science Awards go to
- PM’s Prize: Lidia Morawska (QUT)
- New Innovator: Nikhelish Bappoo
- Secondary School science teaching: Matt Dodds (Glen Innes High School)
- Life Scientist: David Khoury (Uni NSW) Innovation: Vikram Sharma (Quintessence Labs)
- Primary School science teaching: Paula Taylor (ACT Education Directorate)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems: Michael Wear (Murdoch U)
- Physical Scientist: Yao Zheng (Uni Adelaide)