Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Professor Emma Kowal Professor Emma Kowal is Professor of Anthropology in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University. She is a cultural anthropologist who previously worked as a medical doctor and public health researcher in Indigenous health settings before completing her PhD in…
Dr Carrie HillyardFTSE Dr Carrie Hillyard is currently Chairman of Fitgenes, a company dedicated to preventive health care, Chairman of FizzioFit Pty Ltd and Deputy Chairman of the Mater Medical Research Institute. Previously, she was a co-founder of venture fund CM Capital Investments and a director of several of its investee companies and led its…
Professor James McCluskeyFAA FAHMS James McCluskey is Deputy Vice Chancellor Research at The University of Melbourne. He trained in Perth as a physician and researcher at the National Institutes of Health (USA). He has held academic positions at Monash University, Flinders University and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service in Adelaide, South Australia. He established…
Professor Nick MartinFAA FASSA FAHMS Nick Martin graduated with honours in Genetics from the University of Adelaide in 1972 and obtained his PhD in genetics at the University of Birmingham. In 1978 he returned to a Research Fellowship at the Australian National University where he founded the Australian Twin Registry. After 3 years in the…
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 is Dean of Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She is also an Adjunct Professor in Philosophy at the University of Tasmania and Chief Investigator and theme leader of the Ethics, Policy and Public Engagement theme of the…
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