Monash researchers awarded Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellowships

All new Fellows at the AAHMS launch in Canberra Wednesday 25 March 2015

School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health and MIMR-PHI researchers were among new Fellows at the launch of the newly established Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) last week.

Led by many eminent scientists including President Professor Ian Frazer, the AAHMS was established in 2014 by leading health and medical minds from across Australia to provide independent advice to government, industry and the community on issues relating to evidence-based medical practice and medical research.

Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and The Ritchie Centre’s Professor Euan Wallace AM and Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor David de Kretser AC received prestigious AAHMS Fellowships along with Monash colleagues Professors Ross Coppel, Stephen Jane, Paul Myles, Robyn O’Hehir, Jamie Cooper and John Zalcberg.

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Dean, Professor Christina Mitchell is an AAHMS Council member.

The AAHMS was officially launched last Wednesday in Canberra by the Minister for Health, the Hon Sussan Ley MP.

For more information and a list of AAHMS Council members, visit: www.aahms.org/