Professor Jane HallFASSA FAHMS Jane Hall is Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Director, Strategy in the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation at the University of Technology Sydney. She received the National Health and Medical Research Council Outstanding Contribution Award in 2017. She was named as one of Australian Financial Review/Westpac 100 Women…
Professor Anthony ElliottFASSA Professor Elliott is Dean of External Engagement at the University of South Australia, where he is Executive Director of the Hawke EU Centre and Research Professor of Sociology. Professor Elliott is also Global Professor of Sociology (Visiting) in the Graduate School of Human Relations, Keio University, Japan and Visiting Professor of Sociology…
Professor Iven MareelsFTSE Since February 2018, Professor Mareels is the Lab Director, IBM Research Australia. He is an honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this he was the Dean of Engineering at the University of Melbourne (2007-2018). He received the PhD in Systems Engineering from the Australian National University in 1987, and…
Professor Fiona WoodAM FAHMS Professor Wood has been a burns surgeon and researcher for the past 20 years and is Director of the Burns Service of Western Australia. She is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital (previously at Royal Perth Hospital) and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, co-founder of the first skin cell…
Professor James Maclaurin Professor Maclaurin is a member of the Department of Philosophy and Associate Dean for Research in the Humanities at the University of Otago. He received his Doctorate in Philosophy of Science from the Australian National University. A longstanding advocate for Humanities education, he was instrumental in the development of the University of…
Professor Neil LevyFAHA Professor Neil Levy is Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. Before coming to Macquarie, he was Head of Neuroethics at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. He works, or has worked, in many…
Professor Toby WalshFAA Professor Walsh is a leading researcher in AI. He was named by The Australian as a rock star of Australia’s digital revolution. He is Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW, leads the Algorithmic Decision Theory group at Data61, Australia’s Centre of Excellence for ICT Research, and is Guest Professor at TU…
Ms Liz West ASSA Ms Liz West is the Executive Director (Acting) of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. In her career, she has held a number of senior administrative and management positions in the not-for-profit and advocacy sectors. She has a double Bachelors degree in Political Science and Asian Studies from Mary…
Dr Lauren Palmer Director Policy and Projects, ACOLA Lauren Palmer is Director of Policy and Projects at the Australian Council of Learned Academies. Lauren has been with ACOLA since 2016 and leads the organisation in delivering its strategic objectives, including identifying ways to better harness the perspectives of all disciplines to address complex issues facing…
Professor Joseph TrapaniFAHMS Professor Joseph Trapani received his medical degree in 1977 and completed physician training (FRACP) in rheumatology in 1985. Professor Joseph Trapani received his medical degree in 1977 and completed physician training (FRACP) in rheumatology in 1985. His Phd (The University of Melbourne, 1986) was on the immunogenetics of HLA-associated disease, particularly B27-related…