Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Dr Vaughan Turekian Vaughan Turekian is the Chief International Officer for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) where he leads, develops and coordinates the broad range of AAAS’s international activities. He is also the founding Director of AAAS’s Center for Science Diplomacy and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Science & Diplomacy. Dr…
Professor Andrew McIntyre Andrew MacIntyre is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor International and Vice-President of RMIT University. Previously he served in several roles at the Australian National University including as Professor of Political Science, Dean of the College and Director of the Research School of Asia & the Pacific and was the founding Director of the Crawford…
Ms Anne Livingstone Anne has been involved over the past 15 years in a range of multi-faceted Australian based businesses which have interests internationally in innovation, development and research in health and medical areas. She has been involved particularly in major projects in the aged care, disability services and in broader primary health areas. As…
Dr Clarissa Martin Dr Clarissa Martin is a Program Leader Lead at the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) and is responsible for developing the methodologies underpinning the Health and Disability Services Delivery Program research under the Neurotrauma Strategy Priority 1, Models of Lifetime Care. Clarissa has a clinical background in physiotherapy and…
Associate Professor Elizabeth Ozanne Elizabeth Ozanne is a social gerontologist, social worker and Professorial Fellow in Department of Social Work, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Melbourne. She sits on the Executive Committee of Institute for Broadband Enabled Society at the University and is involved in several current research projects exploring the intersection of population…
Professor Greg TegartAM FTSE Greg Tegart has had a long career in academia, industry and Government in the areas of research, teaching, administration and providing high level policy advice on science and technology. After graduating in science in Melbourne, he went to England for post-graduate study and remained there in academic positions for 13 years.…
Professor Jeffrey Soar Dr Jeffrey Soar holds the Chair in Human-Centred Technology in the School of Management & Enterprise at the University of Southern Queensland. He is a researcher in assistive technologies for ageing and aged care. Jeffrey came to academia following an extensive executive-level career in health information technology management for federal, state and…
Dr Erol HarveyFTSE Dr. Erol Harvey, FTSE is co-founder and CEO of MiniFAB, a product development and manufacturing company focussing on point-of-care medical diagnostics and microfluidics. He has had roles in academia and private industry, serving on various State, Commonwealth and International Committees such as PMSEIC Nanotechnology Committee, Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council, Victorian State…
Dr Tony Fischer Tony Fischer came from a wheat–sheep farm in southern New South Wales (NSW). He completed degrees in Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne and a PhD at the University of California, Davis, USA. He worked as a crop agronomist and physiologist for the NSW Department of Agriculture and at CSIRO, and…
Dean Parham Dean Parham is an expert on Australia’s productivity performance. He was long associated with Australia’s Productivity Commission where he developed and led the Commission’s ‘flagship’ program of productivity research. Since 2008, he has continued to investigate productivity trends and public policy issues in association with a number of government, academic and private-sector agencies…