Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Dr Stephen DuckettFASSA FAHMS Dr Stephen Duckett is Director of the Health Program at Grattan Institute. He has a reputation for creativity, evidence-based innovation and reform in areas ranging from the introduction of activity-based funding for hospitals to new systems of accountability for the safety of hospital care. An economist, he is a Fellow of…
Professor Susan Dodds Professor Susan Dodds, FAHA, is the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Industry Engagement) and a Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe University. She is also a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Visiting Professor in the School of Humanities and Languages at UNSW. From 2005-2021 she was…
Professor Warwick AndersonFAHA FASSA FAHMS Professor Warwick Anderson holds an appointment as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor in the Department of History and the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney. Additionally, he has an affiliation with the Unit for History and Philosophy…
Professor Andrew HolmesAM ScD FAA FRS Professor Andrew Holmes is a Melbourne University Laureate Professor of Chemistry, CSIRO Fellow and Distinguished Research Fellow (Imperial College, London). [May 2017] Previous roles: 2016 ACOLA President 2014 – 2018 ACOLA Council Member
Dr Michelle (Chelle) Nic Raghnaill Dr Chelle Nic Raghnaill received a PhD in neuroscience at University College Dublin, followed by postdoctoral fellowships in nanotechnology. She has published in the fields of neuroscience, pharmacology, nanotechnology and regulatory reform. Past experience includes leading international collaborations to improve understanding on the human health risks of nanomaterials and co-authorship…
Dana Sanchez Dana Sanchez studied at the Australian National University. She has since worked in the university and research sectors in the fields of life sciences and ICT. In her current position at NICTA she works in the areas of research management and innovation. [September 2015] Contributed to: Technology and Australia’s Future
Dr Kirsty Douglas Dr Kirsty Douglas is an environmental historian and historian of science, with a background in geology, environmental regulation and science administration. Her current interest in the transformative capacity of technology stems both from the study of the history of science and from public sector experience in research data infrastructure and the information…
Professor Robyn DowlingFTSE Robyn Dowling is Professor of Urbanism and Associate Dean Research in the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, a position she took up in 2016. Prior to that she was at Macquarie University, where she initiated the institution’s Bachelor of Planning program and was the inaugural head of the…
Mr Raymond Spencer In 2009, Raymond Spencer returned to Australia following 35 years of living and working in the USA, India and Europe. During this time, Raymond led a couple of lives. He spent the first 20 years overseas in the non-profit world working with the Institute of Cultural Affairs a United Nations–recognised private voluntary…
Dr Chris RobertsBE MBA PhD DSc (hc) FTSE HonFIEAust FAICD Chris Roberts was CEO Cochlear Limited (ASX:COH) for 11 years to August 2015. He is a non-executive director of ResMed Inc (NYSE: RMD) and OncoSil Medical Limited (ASX: OSL). He is a PLuS Alliance Professor at UNSW, King’s College London and Arizona State University. He…