List of Supporters

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Friends of Science in Medicine - supporter list as at 22 January 2012

Australian Supporters

Prof Michael Abramson, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Deputy Head, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive

Medicine, Monash University, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, The Alfred

Prof Robert Adams, MBBS MD FRACP, Director, The Health Observatory, Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide

Prof David Allen, President of the Australian Physiological Society, Professor of Physiology, Sydney Medical School & Bosch

Institute (F13), University of Sydney

A/Prof Terri Allen, PhD, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Monash University

Emeritus Prof Robin F Anders, BAgrSc PhD, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Technology & Engineering, La

Trobe University

Prof Michael Archer AM, BA(mcl) PhD FAA FRSN FRZSNSW FACE FWAAS, Director of the Australian Museum 1999-2003,

Dean of Science, UNSW 2004-2009, University of New South Wales

Prof David Armstrong, Visiting Professor Reproductive Medicine, Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of

Adelaide

Dr Peter C. Arnold, BSc MBBCh BA, Formerly Chairman, Federal AMA and Deputy President NSW Medical Board

Prof David Badcock, FAPS FASSA, Winthrop Professor, Australian Research Council, Australian Professorial Fellow, Human

Vision Laboratory, School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia

A/Prof Tony Badrick, BAppSc BSc BA MBA PhD FAIMS FAACB FAIM FACB FRCPA(Hon) FFSc(RCPA), Faculty of Health

Sciences and Medicine, Bond University

A/Prof Jonathan B. Baell, PhD, Special Fellow & Laboratory Head, Medicinal Chemistry, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of

Medical Research, Principal Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Prof Mark S. Baker, BSc(Hons1) PhD, Professor of Proteomics, Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie

University

Dr Amanda Barnard, BSc PhD, Winner: 2009 IUPAP Computational Physicist of the Year; 2009 Banksia Award for

Environmental Research; 2009 Australian Davos Connection Leadership Award; 2009 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical

Scientist of the Year; 2010 Frederick White Prize; 2010 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research, VIC

A/Prof Les Barnsley. Head, B.Med(Hons) Grad.Dip.Epi PhD FRACP FAFRM(RACP), Department of rheumatology, Concord

Hospital Sydney

Emeritus Prof Mary Barton, BVSc PhD Dip Bact MBA FACVSc FASM HonDVSc, Emeritus Professor, University of South

Australia

Prof Mark Bassett, MB ChB MD FRACP, Director of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Canberra Hospital & ANU Medical

School

Emeritus Prof Tony Basten AO, MBBS FRACP FRCP FRCPA D.Phil FAA FTSE, Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney;

Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales

Prof Louise Baur AM, BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons) PhD FRACP, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, and Sydney School of

Public Health, University of Sydney

Prof Alan G Baxter, PhD MBBS, Director, Comparative Genomics Centre, Molecular Sciences, James Cook University

Prof Ken Beagley, PhD, Professor of Immunology and Deputy Director, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation,

Queensland University of Technology

Dr Malcolm W Begg, MBBS Univ Adel, FRACS, Rheumatologist. Private Practise

Emeritus Prof Michael J Bennett, MBChB MD FCOG(SA) FRANZCOG FRCOG DDU, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology, University of New South Wales

Laureate Prof Sam Berkovic AM, MD FAA FRACP FRS, Director, Epilepsy Research Centre, University of Melbourne

A/Prof Paul P Bertrand, BSc PhD, Head, Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology research group, Department of Physiology,

School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales

Prof William Blessing. Human Physiology, Flinders University.

Prof Nikolai Bogduk, BSc(Med) MBBS PhD MD DSc MMed Dip Anat FAFMM FAFRM FFPM(ANZCA), Conjoint Professor of

Pain Medicine, University of Newcastle , Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute

Prof Charlie Bond, PhD, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences; and Professorial Fellow, School of

Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia

Emeritus Prof Nigel W. Bond, BSc (Hons), PhD, FASSA, School of Psychology, University of Western Sydney

Prof Robert Booy, MBBS (Hons) MSc MD FRACP FRCPCH, Head of Clinical Research, National Centre for Immunisation

Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), Paediatrics & Child Health, Children's Hospital, Westmead, The University of Sydney

Prof Jonathan Borwein, FAAAS FRSC FAA, Professor Laureate, Director Centre for Computer Assisted Research Mathematics

and its Applications, CARMA, School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Newcastle University

Peter Bowditch, author, teacher, IT consultant, founder, The Australian Council against Health Fraud

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Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite, BA DipLR MIR MBA PhD FCHSM FAIM, Foundation Director, Australian Institute of Health

Innovation, Director, Centre for Clinical Governance Research, Professor of Health Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine,

University of New South Wales

Prof Allan Bretag, BSc PhD, Adjunct Professor, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia,

(Retired Professor of Physiology, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia), President, World

Alliance of Neuromuscular Disorder Associations (The Hague), Executive Board Member, Asian and Oceanian Myology Center

(Tokyo), Vice President and Director of Research, Muscular Dystrophy South Australia

Dr Martin Bridgstock, BSc PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University

A/Prof James Brock, BSc(Hons) PhD, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne.

Prof Barry Brook, PhD, 2010 Community Science Educator of the Year award winner, Australian Research Council, Future

Fellow, Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change, Director of Climate Science, The Environment Institute, School of Earth &

Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide

Prof Peter Brooks AM, MD FRACP FAFRM FAFPHM FRCP (Glas,Edin ) MD Hon Causa ( Lund ), Director, Australian Health

Workforce Institute (AHWI), The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Prof Simon Brookes, BSc(Hons) PhD, Head, Human Physiology, Convenor, Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders Medical Science

and Technology, School of Medicine, Flinders University

Prof Simon Brown, MBBS PhD FACEM, Professor in Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital and the University of Western

Australia, Head, Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research.

Prof Nick Buckley, MD FRACP, Professor in Medicine, Medical Professorial Unit, POW Hospital Clinical School, University of

NSW, Consultant in Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology

Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, MBBS(Hons) MSc PhD FRACP, Director, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini

Hospital; Department, Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Emeritus Prof Henry Burger AO, MD FRACP FCP FRCP FRCOG FRANZCOG FAA, Endocrinologist, Jean Hailes, Emeritus

Director, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

A/Prof Jennifer A Byrne, PhD, Acting Head, Children's Cancer Research Unit, Kids Research Institute, Associate Professor,

University of Sydney Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health

Niall Byrne, BSc(Biology), Creative Director, Science in Public, www.scienceinpublic.com.au

Prof Nuala M Byrne, BHMS MAppSc,PhD, Professor (Exercise Physiology and Energy Metabolism) , School of Exercise and

Nutrition Sciences & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation , Queensland University of Technology

Prof David Callen, BSc PhD, Director, Centre for Personalised Cancer Medicine, Head, Cancer Therapeutics Laboratory

Prof James Cameron, MBBS MD BE(Elec) MEngSc FIEAust FCSANZ, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Monash University,

Director, Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Professor of Engineering (Biomedical engineering), Department of Electronic

Engineering, La Trobe University

Prof Lesley Campbell, Director of Diabetes Services, St Vincent's Hospital, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, University of

New South Wales

Prof Jonathan Carapetis, MBBS PhD FRACP FAFPHM, Director, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT.

A/Prof Tim Carey, PhD (ClinPsych) MSc (Statistics), Associate Professor in Mental Health, Centre for Remote Health, a joint

centre of Flinders University and Charles Darwin University; and Central Australian Mental Health Service

Prof John Carlin, BSc(Hons) PhD AStat, Director, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU), Murdoch Children's

Research Institute, and Professorial Fellow (Biostatistics), University of Melbourne.

Prof Andrew Carr, MBBS MD FRACP FRCPA, Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Head, HIV,

Immunology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Head, Clinical Research Program, Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's

Hospital, HIV, Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Dr Olivia Carter, BA BSc(Hons) PhD,NHMRC, Career Development Award (2010 – 2014), Psychological Sciences, Faculty of

Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Prof David Celermajer, MBBS (Hons I)(Sydney) MSc (Oxon) PhD (London) DSc FRACP FAHA FCSANZ FHKCC FAA,

Scandrett Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Central Clinical School, Heart Research Institute

Prof Simon Chapman, PhD FASSA, Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney. NSW Premiers’ Cancer Researcher of the

Year 2008

Dr William (Bill) Chapman, MBBS Dip Obst RCOG FRACGP, General practice and Emergency Medicine

Prof William N Charman, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Director, Monash Institute of

Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University

Prof Georgia Chenevix-Trench, BA (Hons) PhD NHMRC, Senior Principal Research Fellow, and Head, Cancer Genetics

Laboratory, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Conjoint Professor, Division of Health Sciences, University of

Queensland

Prof Beng H Chong, MBBS PhD(Sydney) FRACP FRCPA FRCP(Glasgow), Director of Haematology, St George

Hospital/SEALS, Sydney and Professor of Medicine, St George Clinical School, University of New South Wales.

Prof Stephen Clarke, MD PhD FRACP, Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney, Director of Translational Cancer Research

Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital

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Prof Shaun P Collin, PhD, Western Australian Premiers Research Fellow, Neuroecology Group, School of Animal Biology and

the UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia.

Prof Clare Collins, PhD BSc Dip Nutr&Diet Dip Clin Epi FDAA, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, NHMRC CDA Research

Fellow, Co-Director, Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health,

The University of Newcastle

Laura E Collins, BAppSc(Hons), Physiotherapist, Private Practice

Dr Rhys Collins, BDS, Dentist, private practice

Emeritus Prof Max Coltheart AM , DSc Hon D Litt (Macq) FASSA FAA FBA, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Science,

Macquarie University, Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Queensland

Dr Alexander Combes, PhD, Postdoctoral scientist in developmental genetics, University of Queensland

Prof Alan Connelly, PhD, Deputy Director, Brain Research Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, and Adjunct Prof of Physics,

University of Melbourne.

A/Prof Matthew Cook, MB BS PhD FRACP FRCPA FFSc, Director of Immunology and Translational Research, The Canberra

Hospital, Associate Professor, Australian National University

Scientia Prof David Cooper AO, Scientia Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Australian

Academy of Science (FAA), Director of the Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society, Sydney, Australia.

Prof Mark Cooper, MBBS PhD FRACP FAHA FASN, Head, Vascular Division, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Research Institute,

Melbourne, Victoria

Prof Marcello Costa, FAA, Professor of Neurophysiology, Flinders University

A/Prof Mark G Coulthard, MBBS PhD FRACP FCICM, Head, Academic Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Staff

Specialist in Paediatric Intensive Care, General Paediatric Private Practice Clinic, Visiting Scientist, Queensland Institute of

Medical Research, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Queensland

Prof Alex Crandon, MB BS(Syd) PhD(Leeds) FRCOG(Lond) FRANZCOG CGO, Gynaecological Oncologist, Director, Qld

Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Queensland

Prof Kevin Croft, BAppChem (Curtin) PhD (WAust), Professorial Fellow, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of

Western Australia

Prof Suzanne Crowe AM, MBBS FRACP MD NHMRC, Head, Centre for Virology, Burnet Institute

Prof Philip Crowe, MBBS DPhil(Oxon) FRCSC FRACS Dipl H Ed. Professor of Surgery, University of New South Wales,

Prince of Wales Hospital

Prof Jonathan G. Crowston, BSc MBBS PhD FRCOphth FRANZCO, Head, Glaucoma Research Unit and Managing Director,

CERA, Ringland Anderson Professor, Head of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Director, Centre for Eye Research

Australia, Victoria

Emeritus Prof Geoff Cumming, BSc DipEd(Monash) DPhil(Oxford), FAPS, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe

University

Prof John Daubenton, BSc MBBCh (Wits) MD (Cape Town) DCH (SA) FCP (Paed) (SA) FRACP (Paediatrics), Director of

Paediatrics, Royal Hobart Hospital & State-wide Director, Paediatric Oncology, University of Tasmania

A/Prof Megan Davidson, BAppSc(Physio) Curtin, PhD ,Associate Professor, Head of Department of Physiotherapy, School of

Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University

Prof Susan R. Davis, MBBS FRACP PhD, Professor of Women's Health and NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Director, the

Women's Health Research Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and

Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Prof Ric Day AM, MD FRACP, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, University of New South Wales &

St Vincent's Hospital

Prof David de Kretser, MBBS MD FRACP FAA FTSE, Monash University.

A/Prof Keith Dear, MA MSc PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, ANU, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population

Health, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University

Prof Chris B Del Mar, MA MB BChir MD FRACGP FAFPHM, Professor of public health, Faculty of Health Sciences and

Medicine, Bond University

Dr Haryana Dhillon, BSc MA(psych) PhD, ALTG-PoCOG Lung Cancer Research Fellow, Psycho-Oncology Cooperative

Research Group, School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Cancer

Survivorship Research Group, Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making, Central Clinical School,

Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

A/Prof John Dixon, MBBS PhD FRACGP DipRAGOG, Head of Obesity Research Unit at the Monash University School of

Primary Health Care, Senior Clinical Scientist at the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne

Dr Peter R Dodd, PhD, Reader in Biochemistry, SCMB, University of Queensland

Dr Geoff Donegan, BSc(Hons) BMBS (Hons) FRACP, Paediatrician, Royal Hobart Hospital

Prof Brian Draper, MBBS MD FRANZCP, Professor (Conjoint), School of Psychiatry, University of NSW, Academic

Department for Old Age Psychiatry, Euroa Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital

Prof Neil Drew, BA(Hons) PhD, Assistant Provost, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Western Australia

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Prof Peter Drummond, BSc (Hons) PhD, School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Western Australia

Dr Paul Duggan, MB BS FACEM, Head of Unit (Gynaecology), Royal Adelaide Hospital, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chair, MBBS Assessment Committee, The University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital

A/Prof Emma Duncan, MBBS MRCP PhD FRACP LMusA, Senior Staff Specialist, Endocrinology, Royal Brisbane and

Women’s Hospital, Associate Professor, University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences; Affiliated

Senior Research Officer, UQ Diamantina Institute &UQ Centre for Clinical Research.

Emeritus Prof John M Dwyer AO, PhD FRACP FRCPI, Doc Uni (Hon) ACU. Emeritus Professor of Medicine University of New

South Wales, Founder of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance, Clinical consultant to the NSW Government’s Inter-

Agency committee on Health Care fraud.

Prof Peter Eastwood, PhD, Winthrop Professor and Director, Centre for Sleep Science, University of Western Australia. NHMRC

Senior Research Fellow, West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep

Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA.

A/Prof John Eden, MB BS MD FRCOG FRANZCOG CREI, Reproductive Endocrinology University of New South Wales,

Director Barbara Gross Research Unit RHW, Director Sydney Menopause Centre RHW, Director Women’s Health and Research

Institute of Australia

Rowan English, DipAppSci (P&O) M.App.Sci (Human Movt), MBA, Head of Department, National Centre of Prosthetics &

Orthotics, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University

Prof Murray Esler AM, NHMRC SPRF, Senior Director, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Honorary Professor of

Medicine, Monash University, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

A/ Prof Kieran Fallon, MD (ANU) MBBS (Hons) MExSpSc MHEd FACSP, Faculty of Medicine, Australian National

University, Canberra, Head, Department of Sports Medicine, Australian Institute of Sport

Prof Randall Faull, MBBS FRACP FRCP PhD, Dean and Director of the Medical Program, University of Adelaide, Senior

Consultant in Nephrology, Royal Adelaide Hospital

Prof Mark A Febbraio, PhD NHMRC, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Head, Cellular & Molecular Metabolism Laboratory,

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

Emeritus Prof Michael Field, Sydney Medical School (Northern), Royal North Shore Hospital, The University of Sydney

Prof Jock Findlay AO, PhD DSc, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow & Head, Female Reproductive Biology, at Prince

Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Honorary Professor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Monash University, Chairperson,

Embryo Research Licensing Committee of the NHMRC, Chairperson, Infertility Treatment Authority of Victoria, Chair, Bio21

Scientific Advisory Committee

Prof Simon Finfer, MBBS FRCP (UK) FRCA FCICM, Senior Staff Specialist in Intensive Care, Royal North Shore Hospital of

Sydney and Sydney Adventist Hospital, Professorial Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Adjunct Professor, Sydney

Medical School, University of Sydney.

Dr Alan Finkel, Chancellor, Monash University, Chairman, Cosmos Media (Publisher of Cosmos Magazine)

Prof Judith Finn, PhD MEdSt GradDipPH BSc DipAppSc RN RM ICCert FRCNA, Clinical Epidemiologist, Discipline of

Emergency Medicine (M516), School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care (SPARHC), The University of Western

Australia

Prof Paul R. Fisher, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD MASM, Professor of Microbiology, Head of Department of Microbiology, Associate

Dean (Research) of Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering at La Trobe University, 2007 Australasian Science Prize,

Chair in Microbiology, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Science, Technology & Engineering, La Trobe University

A/Prof Peter Flett, MBBS FRACP FAFRM AFRACMA. Clinical Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, State-Wide

Director, Paediatric Rehabilitation, Tasmania, Paediatric Rehabilitation Specialist, State-Wide Director, Paediatric Rehabilitation,

The Royal Hobart Hospital

Prof Simon Foote, MBBS FFSc(RCPA) DSc FTSE, Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University

Prof Bruce Foster AM, MBBS MD FRACS, Chairman Bone Growth Foundation, Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon, Women's and

Children's Hospital, South Australia

Prof Richard Fox AM, MBBS PhD FRACP, Director of Research, Research Directorate, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne,

Victoria

Dr Oliver Frank, MBBS PhD FRACGP FACHI, University Senior Research Fellow, Discipline of General Practice, School of

Population Health and Clinical Practice, The University of Adelaide

Prof Ian Frazer, MB ChB Edin MD, CEO and Director of Research, Translational Research Institute Pty Ltd, Research Leader,

Epithelial Cancer Division, University of Queensland Diamantina Unit

Prof Lin Fritschi, MBBS PhD FAFPHM, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia

Dr Evelyn Funk, MBChB MMed (paeds) FRACP, Paediatrician, Mersey Community Hospital, Tasmania

Prof John B Furness, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Prof Simon Gandevia, FAA FRACP DSc MD PhD MBBS, Deputy Director, Neuroscience Research Australia, (formerly Prince

of Wales Medical Research Institute),NSW

A/Prof Maher K Gandhi, MBChB FRCP FRCPath FRACP PhD, 1. Lab Group Leader, Clinical Immunohaematology Lab,

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Institute of Medical Research; 2. Consultant Haematologist, Department of Haematology, Princess Alexandra Hospital; 3. Chair,

Metro South Human Research Ethics Committee.

Prof R A (‘Frank’) Gardiner AM, MBBS MD FRACS FRCS, Professor of Urology, The University of Queensland, Consultant

Urologist, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital

Emeritus Prof Laurie Geffen, AM, MB BCh BMed Sci hons MSc(Rand);MA, DPhil (Oxon) MD hon (Flinders) FRACP

FRANZCP, Emeritus Professor of Human Physiology, Flinders University, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of

Queensland, Honorary Professor of Medical Education, China Medical University, Former Dean of Medicine, Flinders University

& University of Queensland, Former Chair of the Postgraduate Medical Council of Queensland

Prof Ian Gibbins, BSc(Hons) (Zoology) PhD (Zoology) Fil.dr (h.c), Professor of Anatomy & Histology, Anatomy & Histology

Dr Karen J. Gibson, MBBS BMedSc PhD. Senior lecturer in Physiology, Dept of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences,

University of New South Wales

A/Prof Mark Glyde, BVSc MACVSc MVS HDipUTL DiplomateECVS, Associate Professor, Small Animal Surgery, School of

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University

Emeritus Prof James Goding, MBBS (Monash), BMedSc (Melb) PhD (Melb) FRCPA, Department of Physiology, Monash

University

Prof Jack Goldblatt AM, MB ChB MD FRACP, Director Genetic Services & Familial Cancer Program of Western Australia,

Clinical Professor, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia

Prof Paul N. Goldwater, FRACP FRCPA, Senior Consultant, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology (North

Adelaide) and University of Adelaide School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health

Prof Greg Goodall, Centre For Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of

Adelaide, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide

Prof Tom Gordon, MBBS FRACP FRCPA PhD MD, Head of Immunology, SA Pathology and Flinders University

Emeritus Prof Kerry Goulston AO, MD FRACP, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

Dr Jenny Gowan, PhD DGrad Dip Comm Pharm PhC FACPP FPS AACPA MSHPA, Consultant Pharmacist MediCom; Centre

for Medicines Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University; Director North Melbourne

MediCare Locals

Prof Robert M. Graham AO, FAA MD MBBS FRACP FACP FAHA FCSANZ, Des Renford Professor of Medicine, University

of New South Wales and Fellow, Australian Academy of Science; Executive Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute,

Sydney, Australia.

A/Prof Carol Grech, RN DipApSc(Nsg) BN (Ed) GradDip(CritCare) MN PhD, Acting Head, School of Nursing and Midwifery,

Division of Health Science, University of South Australia

Dr Cathy Grech, MBBS FRACGP, Lecturer, Department of General Practice, Monash University

Dr Michael Green, Senior Research Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales

Prof Eric Haan AO, BMedSc MBBS FRACP, Clinical Affiliate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide and

Clinical Geneticist, South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, SA Pathology at Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide.

Prof Marion Haas, BPhty (UQ), GradDipAppEpi (NSW DET), MPH (Syd), PhD (Syd), Professor of Health Economics, Core

Member, Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation, Member, International Health Economics Association, Member,

Australian Health Economics Society, University of Technology, Sydney

Prof Michelle Haber AM, PhD Hon DSc (UNSW), Executive Director, Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical

Research, Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales

Prof Paul Haber, MD FRACP FAChAM, Medical Director, Drug Health Services, Sydney and South West Sydney Local Health

Districts, Head, Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney.

A/Prof Rainer Viktor Haberberger, A/Prof for Neuroscience in Anatomy & Histology, Anatomy & Histology/School of Medicine,

Flinders University

Martin Hadley, Barrister, Committee member, Australian Skeptics Inc

Prof David J Handelsman, Director, ANZAC Research Institute; Head, Andrology Dept, Concord Hospital and Associate Dean,

University of Sydney

Emeritus Prof Christopher J Handley, BA(Hons) PhD DipEd(Tert) DSc, Emeritus Professor of Human Biosciences, School of

Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University

A/Prof Emanuela Handman, PhD, Honorary Research Associate and Member, The Walter and Eliza Hall, Institute of Medical

Research, Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Monash University.

A/Prof. Anthony J. Hannan, PhD, ARC Future Fellow (FT3) / Honorary NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Florey Neuroscience

Institutes, Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne

Prof Edna C Hardeman, BSc(Hons) PhD (Stanford) Chair (Research) and Head, Department of Anatomy, Head of

Neuromuscular and Regenerative Medicine Unit, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales

Prof David L Hare, MBBS DPM FRACP, Cardiovascular Research Domain Coordinator, Senior Cardiologist, Director of

Research, Cardiology Department, Director, Heart Failure Services, Austin Health, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne

Prof David C Harris, MD BS FRACP, Associate Dean & Head of School, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School,

Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney

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A/Prof John H Harris, BVSc PhD (Zoology), Associate Professor (Adjunct ), Dept Environmental Management & Ecology, La

Trobe University.

Dr Ken Harvey, MBBS FRCPA, Chair of the Governing Council of Health Action International, Asia Pacific (HAIAP), Latrobe

University

Prof Richard P Harvey PhD FAA, NHMRC Australia Fellow, Deputy Director and Head, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Division ,Sir Peter Finley Professor (University of New South Wales), Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

A/Prof Ross Haslam, MBBS FRACP, Neonatal Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Health Network & Adelaide University,

Women's & Children's Hospital

Dr Simon Hauser, MBBS FRACP, Clinical Services Director, Paediatrics, The Northern Hospital, Vic

A/Prof Margaret Hellard, MBBS PhD FAFPHM FRACP, Director, Centre for Population Health, Head, Hepatitis Services in the

Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, honorary appointment , Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash

University

Dr. Bronwyn Hemsley, PhD CPSP, Speech Pathology (Senior Lecturer), NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Humanities and

Social Science, Faculty of Education & Arts, The University of Newcastle

A/Prof Marie E Herberstein, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University

Prof Rob Herbert, The George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney.

A/Prof Michael Hickey, BSc(Hons) PhD, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash

University

A/Prof Andrew F Hill, BSc(Hons) PhD DIC, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry

and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.

A/Prof Catherine Hill, MBBS MD MSc FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Clinical

Associate Professor, University of Adelaide

Prof Janet Hiller, MPH PhD FPHAA, Associate Dean (Research), Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences,

Australian Catholic University

Prof Douglas Hilton, PhD FAA, Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Research Professor of Medical Biology, Head,

Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne

Dr Ian W Hocking, MBBS MRACMA FRCOG FRANZCOG, Consultant Gynaecologist to Calvary Central Districts Private

Hospital, The Memorial Hospital, Lyell McEwin Health Service, Clinical Lecturer O & G, University of Adelaide

Prof Philip Hodgkin, BSc(Hons) PhD, Head, Immunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Honorary Professorial

Fellow, University of Melbourne.

Prof Philip Hogg, BSc PhD, 2010 Eureka Prize Winner: Medical Research Translation, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University

of New South Wales

Dr Robin Holliday, PhD FRS FAA, Molecular Genetics, Scientist, author and sculptor, NSW

Prof Nick Hoogenraad, PhD, Charles La Trobe Professor, Executive Director, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Head,

School of Molecular Sciences

Prof John J Hopwood AM, FAA PhD FRCPA(Hon), Head, Lysosomal Diseases Research Unit, a research centre of SA,

Pathology at Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Board Member, South Australian Health and Medical Research

Institute, [SAHMRI], Chair, SAHMRI Research Committee

Dr Alexis J Hure, BND (Hons I) PhD AdvAPD, Research Fellow, Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, University of

Newcastle

Karalyn J Huxhagen, B.Pharm FPS AACPA, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Pharmacist of the Year 2010, Professional

Programs Manager, AFS Friendly Care Pharmacy, Mackay, Queensland

Prof Michael J Hynes, BAgSci. PhD FAA, Professor of Genetics, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne

Dr Sue Ieraci, MBBS FACEM, Public Hospital Emergency Physician, Senior Staff Specialist, Emergency Medicine, Bankstown

Hospital, University of Sydney

Gemma Jacklyn, BAppSc(physio) MPH, Associate Lecturer, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Sydney

Chris Jackson, APAM MPA APA, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Director, Precision Physio, NSW

Winthrop Prof Ian Jacobs, BAppSc DipEd PhD RN FRCNA FACAP FERC, Professor of Resuscitation and Pre-Hospital Care,

Discipline of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Clinical Services Director; St John Ambulance (WA)

Prof David James, FAA, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow; Director, Diabetes & Obesity Research Program, Garvan

Institute of Medical Research; Professor (Adjunct), School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, The

University of New South Wales and Dept of Medicine, University of Sydney

A/Prof Hubertus PA Jersmann ,MBBS MD PhD FRACP, Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Dept Thoracic Medicine, Royal

Adelaide Hospital

A/Prof Damien Jolley, MSc (Epidemiology) MSc DipEd, A Stat, Associate Professor and Senior Biostatistician, School of Public

Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Prof Graeme Jones, MBBS (Hons) FRACP FAFPHM, Head, Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Research Institute, University of

Tasmania

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Prof Peter Jones, MBBS(Syd) PhD DCH(Lon) FRACP, Head of School- Medicine, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences &

Medicine, Bond University

Dr Kristina Kairaitis, BSc(Hons) MBBS (Hons) FRACP PhD, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Sleep Medicine, Sydney

Medical School, University of Sydney, NHMRC Health Professional Training Fellow, Staff Specialist, Department of Respiratory

and Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital

A/Prof Frini Karayanidis, School of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, University of Newcastle Dr Annette Katelaris, MBBS MPH FRACGP, Editor, Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), General Practitioner and former

Medical Editor of Australian Doctor and 6minutes.com

Prof Connie H Katelaris, MBBS PhD FRACP Professor, Immunology & Allergy University of Western Sydney and

Campbelltown Hospital

Dr Damien Keating, PhD, ARC Future Fellow, Head, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Human

Physiology, Flinders University

Prof Richard Kefford AM, MBBS PhD FRACP, Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital

David Kennedy, PhD Student, Neuroscience Research Australia, Physical Therapist, University of New South Wales

Dr Robert Kidd, BA (Hons) PhD, Adjunct A/Prof, Anatomy, University of Western Sydney

Prof Nicholas J C King, MBChB PhD FRCPA, (Hon) President, Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania,

Treasurer, International Union of Immunological Societies, Professor of Immunopathology and Head, Discipline of Pathology,

Bosch Institute, School of Medical Sciences and Sydney Institute of Emerging infectious diseases and Biosecurity (SEIB), Sydney

Medical School

Prof Steven Krilis, MB BS UNSW PhD Syd FRACP, Professor St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales

Prof Henry Krum, MBBS PhD FRACP FCSANZ, Head of Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Director, Monash Centre of

Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics

Prof Rakesh K. Kumar, MBBS PhD MD FRCPA(Hon) FFSc (RCPA), Professor of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences,

University of New South Wales

Prof Sharad Kumar, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Co-Director, Centre for Cancer Biology

Emeritus Prof Sam Lake, BSc PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Monash University

Prof Graham D Lamb, MSc PhD, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University

Emeritus Prof Robert Leckey, PhD, Department of Physics, La Trobe University

Prof Christopher Levi, BMedSci, MBBS FRACP, Conjoint Professor of Medicine (Neurology), University of Newcastle,

Director, Acute Stroke Services, Hunter Stroke Service, Senior Staff Neurologist, John Hunter Hospital

Dr Robert H Loblay, MBBS PhD FRACP, Senior Lecturer in Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney,

Director, Allergy Unit, Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Prof Ray Lowenthal AO, MBBS MD FRCP FRACP FAChPM, Consultant clinical haematologist/medical oncologist, Royal

Hobart Hospital Clinical Professor, University of Tasmania Member, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania

Emeritus Scientia Prof Eugenie R Lumbers, FAA FRSN, Professorial appointments held at UNSW, University of Newcastle &

University of Queensland

Prof Joe Lynch, PhD, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland.

Peter Macinnis, BSc Dip.Ed MEd, Sydney-based science writer; Winner Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall book

of the year, (Information Books), 2010, CBCA Eve Pownall Honour Book, 2008, Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley

Award Winner, 2000.

Prof Joel Mackay, PhD NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney

Prof Alastair H. MacLennan AO, MB ChB MD FRCOG FRANZCOG, Head of Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School

of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health, The Women's and Children's Hospital, The University of Adelaide

Dr Alice MacLennan, MB ChB DCH (Diploma of Child Health), Clinical Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Obstetrics &

Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide

Prof Malcolm Macmillan, DSc FAPS FASSA, Professorial Fellow, Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Prof Donna Mak, Head Population and Preventive Health, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, WA

Prof Elizabeth Manias, RN CertCritCare BPharm MPharm MNurs PhD FRCNA MPSA MSHPA, Melbourne School of Health

Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Clinical Professor Guy Marks, MBBS PhD FRACP FAFPHM, Head of Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology, Woolcock

Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Respiratory Physician, Liverpool Hospital

Prof John Marley, MD MBChB FRCP(Edin) FRACGP FACRRM DA DRCPG FPCert MAICD, Faculty of Health Sciences, The

University of Queensland

Loretta Marron, BSc AssocDip(Bus) AAII MACS, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of “Friends of Science in Medicine”, Twice

the recipient of the “Skeptic of the Year” award.

Jennifer Martin, (School of Medicine) UQ, Princess Alexandra Hospital and Translational Research Institute, University of

Queensland Prof Paul R Martin, BSc(Hons) PhD Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney.

Prof Rebecca S Mason, MBBS PhD, Department of Physiology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney

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Laureate Prof Colin Masters, MD BMedSc (Hons) MBBS MD, Hon DLitt WAust, FRCPath FRCPA FAA FTSE, Centre for

Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Principal Investigator, Executive Director, Mental Health Research Institute, Dementia

Collaborative Research Centres (DCRC), Research and Development Advisory Board, Prana Biotechnology Limited, Executive

Director of the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria (Australia) and an ex-founding Director of Prana.

Emeritus Prof Colin Matthews, MD (Adel) (ad eundem gradum), FRANZCOG, CREI, University of Adelaide

Prof Grant McArthur, MBBS (Hons) PhD FRACP NHMRC, Practitioner Fellow, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Head Cancer

Therapeutics Program, Director Skin and Melanoma Service, Professorial Fellow University of Melbourne, Divisions of Cancer

Medicine and Research. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Prof Robyn McDermott, MBBS FAFPHM MPH PhD, Professor of Public Health, NHMRC Practitioner Fellow, Director: SA/NT

DataLink, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia

Prof Robert McLachlan, MBBS FRACP PhD, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Department of Obstetrics &

Gynaecology, Monash University, Director, Andrology Australia

Dr John McLennan, MBBS FRACP, Paediatrician, Royal Children's Hospital, Monash University.

Prof John J McNeil AM, MBBS MSc PhD FRACP,FAFPH, Head, Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive

Medicine, Alfred Hospital

Prof Julian Mercer, BSc(Hons) PhD, Director, Centre Cellular and Molecular Biology, Co-Director Molecular and Medical

Research Special Research Centre, Deakin University

A/Prof Peter Middleton, MBBS (Hons) BSc(Med) with Distinction, PhD, FRACP, Clinical Associate Professor, Sydney Medical

School, CF Centre Director, Dept of Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital

Emeritus Prof Jacques Miller, FRS FAA MD PhD DSc, Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences

Prof John Mills, SB MD FACP FRACP AFRCPA, Founder of TissuPath Specialist Pathology, Melbourne; Infectious Diseases

Physician, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne; Professor of Medicine at Monash University, Melbourne and the University of

California, San Francisco.

Prof Adrian Mindel, MD FRCP FRACP, Professor of Sexual Health Medicine, Director, STI Research Centre (STIRC), Medicine,

Westmead Clinical School, Westmead Hospital , The University of Sydney

Prof Grant Morahan, PhD, Laboratory Head/Director, Centre for Diabetes Research, Centre for Medical Research, UWA (CMR)

Prof Eric Morand, MBBS(Hons) FRACP PhD, Deputy Head, Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School Head, Arthritis

Research Group, Monash Centre for Inflammatory Diseases

Prof Trevor Mori, PhD (UWA), NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western

Australia

Prof Brian J Morris, PhD DSc FAHA, Professor of Molecular Medical Sciences, School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute,

Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney

Prof Rob Morrison OAM, PhD, Professorial Fellow, School of Education, Flinders University

Dr Geraldine Moses, BPharm DClinPharm FPS FACP AACPA MSHP MRPharmS, 2002- Australian Pharmacist of the Year,

Consultant Pharmacist, Drug Safety Researcher, Qld.

Dr Brian P Mulhall, MA MB BChir MPH FRCP FAChSHM DTM&H, Senior Staff Specialist and Clinical Senior Lecturer,

Sexual Health Clinic, Coffs Harbour, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Branch Chair, IUSTI Asia-Pacific,

International Advisor, Royal College of Physicians

Emeritus Prof Andrew Murray, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University.

Prof Ian F. Musgrave, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Convener, Toxicology

Special Interest Group, ASCEPT, University of Adelaide

Prof John Myburgh, MBBCh PhD FANZCA FCICM, Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of New South Wales;

Director, Division of Critical Care and Trauma, George Institute for Global Health; Senior Physician, Department of Intensive

Care Medicine, St George Hospital, Sydney; President, College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand.

Prof Tricia Nagel, MBBS FRANZCP PhD, Professor: Menzies School of Health Research, Flinders University, Adjunct

Associate Professor: James Cook University, Charles Darwin University, Consultant Psychiatrist, Top End Mental Health

Services, Head, Mental Health, Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research

Prof Rhonda Nay, RN BA MLitt PhD FRCNA FCN FAAG, Professor of Interdisciplinary Aged Care, Director, Institute for

Social Participation, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing (AIPCA), TIME, La Trobe University

Prof Bruce Neal, MB ChB PhD FRCP FAHA, Senior Director, Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney, Chair, Australian

Division of World Action on Salt and Health, The George Institute for Global Health

Prof Brett Neilan, ARC Federation Fellow 2008 - 2013, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of

New South Wales, Eureka Prizes for Scientific Research (2001), Multidisciplinary Research (2005), and Water and

Environmental Research (2009)

Prof Mark Nelson, MBBS(Hons) MFM FRACGP FAFPHM PhD, Senior Member, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, Chair of

General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania

Prof Lyndsey Nickels, BA Reading PhD(Lond), Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Dept

of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University

Prof Garth Nicholson, MBBS PhD, Neurogenetics, The ANZAC Research Institute, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney

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A/Prof Flemming Nielsen, Paediatrics, Notre Dame University, WA

A/Prof Lisa Nissen, BPharm PhD FPS FHKAPh FSHP, Associate Professor (QUM), School of Pharmacy, Deputy-Director,

Centre for Safe and Effective Prescribing (CSEP), Program Coordinator - Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy

A/Prof Mark B Nottle, PhD, Reproductive Biotechnology Group, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health & Centre for

Stem Cell Research, Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide

Emeritus Prof Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE, FAA MBBS BSc(Med) PhD HonMDMainz HonMDNcl HonMDLeeds HonDScSyd

HonDScQld HonLLDMon FRCP FRACP FRACMA FRACOGHon FRSE FTS PresAA FRS, Australian of the Year, 2000,

Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Global Foundation, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne

Prof Daniel O'Connor, MD FRANZCP, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash

University

Prof Liam O'Connor, BSc(Hons) PhD, Professor of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science, Technology &

Engineering La Trobe University and Division Head, Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine, The Walter & Eliza Hall

Institute of Medical Research

Prof Ian Olver AM, MBBS MD PhD CMin FRACP MRACMA FAChPM, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council Australia,

Adjunct Professor, Discipline and School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine,

University of Sydney, Honorary Associate, Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Prof John K. Olynyk, MBBS BMedSc FRACP MD, Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Fremantle Hospital

Prof Peter O'Meara, BHA MPubPol PhD, Professor of Rural and Regional Paramedicine, La Trobe Rural Health School, Faculty

of Health Sciences, Bendigo, La Trobe University

Prof George Paxinos AO, DSc FASSA FAA, NHMRC Australia Fellow, Professor of Psychology and Medical Sciences,

Neuroscience Research Australia, NSW

A/Prof Michael Perry, MRurSc PhD, Associate Professor, Gastrointestinal Microcirculation and Inflammation, Clinical

Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of New South Wales

A/ Prof. Ossie M Petrucco, MBBS FRANZCOG FRCOG,CREI, Robinson Institute Adelaide University

Prof Marian Pitts, BA PhD (University of Wales) MBPS, La Trobe University, Director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex,

Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne

A/Prof Irina Pollard, BSc PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University

A/Prof John Power, Assistant Dean Medical and Health Science Programs, Flinders Medical Science and Technology, School of

Medicine, Flinders University

A/Prof Kay Price, RN BN Dip T (Nurse Education) MN PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University

of South Australia

Prof Patricia Price, MSc PhD, Immunologist, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia

Prof Roger Price, PhD MACPSEM, Head, Department of Medical Technology & Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Adj.

Prof., School of Physics, University of Western Australia

Prof Margot Prior AO, FASSA, FAPS, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne

Prof Nicholas Procter, PhD MBA Grad Dip Adult Ed BA CertAdvClin

Nsg RN, Chair, Mental Health Nursing and adjunct professor at the University of Tasmania.

Prof Joseph Proietto, MBBS PhD FRACP, Professor of Medicine, Sir Edward Dunlop Chair of Medicine, Department of

Medicine, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Austin Health/Northern Health

Prof Michael Quinn, MBChB, MGO, MRCP(UK), FRCOG, FRANZOG, CGO, Senior Medical Staff Association, Women's and

Children's Health - Royal Women's Hospital, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne

Prof Roger Reddel, MBBS PhD FRACP FAA, Lorimer Dods Professor, University of Sydney, Director, Children's Medical

Research Institute

Dr G Graeme Riddoch, retired GP, FRACGP, member of AMS

A/Prof Brian Roberman, MB BS, FRANZCOG, FRCOG, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Medical School,

Fremantle WA

Prof Bruce Robinson, MD MSc FRACP, Dean, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

Prof Paul Rolan, MBBS MD FRACP FFPM DCPSA, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Adelaide; Senior

Consultant, Pain Management Unit, Royal Adelaide

A/Prof Louis Roller, Centre for medicines Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University

Professor Jeffrey V Rosenfeld AM, MBBS, MD, MS, FRACS, FACS, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glasg)(Hon), FRCST(Hon),

FCNST(Hon), FACTM, MRACMA, Director, Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Head, Department of Surgery,

Monash University

Prof Christopher Rowe, MD FRACP, Director Nuclear Medicine and PET, Austin Health, Professorial Fellow, University of

Melbourne, Recipient 2011 Kuhl-Lassen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Brain Imaging - US Society of Nuclear Medicine

Prof Bill Runciman, BSc (Med) PhD, Professor, Patient Safety & Healthcare Human Factors, School of Psychology, Social Work

& Social Policy - University of South Australia, Research Fellow - Australian Institute of Health Innovation – University of New

South Wales, Clinical Professor – Joanna Briggs Institute, Faculty Health Sciences - The University of Adelaide, President,

Australian Patient Safety Foundation

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Prof Mike Ryan, BSC(Hons) PhD, Head, Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe

University, Melbourne

Scientia Prof Perminder Sachdev AM, MD, PhD, FRANZCP, Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University of New South

Wales & Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital

Dr Shaun L Sandow PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of

New South Wales

Prof Hatem Salem AM, MD FRACP FRCPA, Executive Director of the Australasian Society of Hemostasis and Thrombosis,

Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Director of Haematology, The Alfred, Co-Head of Central

Clinical School, Monash University

A/Prof Adam Schembri, PhD, Director, National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language, La Trobe University

A/Prof Hans Schneider, MD FRACP FRCPA FACB, Director, Alfred Pathology Service, Monash University

A/Prof Ian Scott, MBBS FRACP MHA MEd, Director of Internal Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra

Hospital, Brisbane; A/Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland

Emeritus Prof Brian C Shanley, MSc MD FRCPath, Emeritus Professor of Medical Biochemistry, University of Queensland

Ms Louise Shiel, Senior Research Fellow, Manager, Clinical Trials Centre, CCRE in Therapeutics, School of Public Health &

Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University

Dr Tiong Cheng Sia, MBBS/BMedSci, Human Physiology, Flinders Medical Centre SA

A/Prof John Silke, LL BA(Hons)(cantab) PhD(Zurich), Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, La

Trobe University

Prof Malcolm Sim, Director, Monash Centre for Occupational& Environmental Health (MonCOEH), School of Public Health&

Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, The Alfred centre, Alfred Hospital

Prof Judy M Simpson, BSc PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Chair,

Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia

A/Prof George Skowronski, MBBS(Hons) FRCP FRACP FCICM, Senior Specialist, Intensive Care, St George Hospital, Sydney,

Director, Intensive Care Unit, St George Private Hospital, Sydney, Conjoint Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University

of NSW

Prof Rhonda Small, BA (Melb) Dip Ed (La Trobe) Grad Dip Lib (RMIT) Grad Dip Epid (Melb) PhD (La Trobe). Director,

Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University

Emeritus Prof Anthony J Smith, Clinical Pharmacology, Calvary Mater Hospital, University of Newcastle

Prof Roger Smith, Director, Mothers and Babies Research Centre/Endocrine Unit, John Hunter Hospital, Faculty of Health/School

of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle

Emeritus Prof David Smyth, PhD FAA, Emeritus Professor of Genetics, Monash University

A/Prof Nick Spencer, Department of Human Physiology, Flinders University, South Australian Representative of Australian

Neuroscience, Adj A/Professor at University of Nevada School of Medicine

A/Prof Jennifer Stephenson, PhD, Associate Professor, Acting Director MUSEC, Macquarie University Special Education Centre,

Macquarie University

A/ Prof Martin Stockler, Oncology Co-Director, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney; Medical Oncologist,

Sydney Cancer Centre – RPA and Concord Hospitals.

Prof John Storey, BSc(Hons) LaT PhD Monash, Emeritus Professor, School of Physics, University of New South Wales.

Prof Roger J. Summers, FBPharmacolS PhD(hc) PhD BPharm, Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical

Sciences & Department of Pharmacology, Monash University

Emeritus Prof Grant R Sutherland, AC DSc FRCPA(Hon) FAA FRS, Emeritus Geneticist, Women's and Children's Hospital,

Affiliate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, and School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide.

Dr Graeme Suthers, MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP FRCPA GAICD, Acting Head, SA Clinical Genetics Service, Genetics &

Molecular Pathology Directorate

Dr Andrew Teichtahl, MBBS (Hons) B.Physio (Hons), PhD candidate, MBBS (Hons), B.Physio (Hons), PhD Candidate,

Musculoskeletal Unit, Monash University

Prof Peter L Thompson AM , MB BS MD Dip ABIM FRACP FACC FACP Cardiologist, Cardiologist, Dept of Cardiovascular

Medicine, Director, Research Development, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Clinical Professor of

Population Health, University of Western Australia, Deputy Director, West Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR)

Dr Suzanna Thompson, MBBS FRACP, Staff Specialist in Paediatric Neurology, Adelaide Women's & Children's Hospital

Prof Dominic Thyagarajan, MD FRACP, Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Neurology, Monash University/Monash

Medical Centre

Dr Matthew Todd, PhD, NSW Scientist of the Year Award Winner, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney

Prof Anne Tonkin, BMBS MEd PhD FRACP, Professor and Director, Medicine Learning and Teaching Unit, Faculty of Health

Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Medical Educator and Clinical Pharmacologist (ex-member of Australian Drug Evaluation

Committee, Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee; current member of Economic Subcommittee of PBAC; current

evaluator of data for Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling)

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A/Prof Julian Trollor, MBBS MD FRANZCP, Chair, Intellectual Disability Mental Health & Head, Department of

Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales

Prof Catherine Turner, RN PhD, Head of School, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Queensland

Emeritus Prof John R Turtle AO, MD(Sydney) BS FRACP FRCP(London), Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of

Sydney, Emeritus Consultant (Endocrinology), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Honorary President, International Diabetes

Federation.

Prof Mathew Vadas, MBBS FRACP FRCPA PhD DSc, Executive Director, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell

Biology, NSW

Emeritus Prof Martin Van Der Weyden, MBBS (Syd) MD (Monash) FRACP FRCPA, Emeritus Editor of the MJA, Monash

University

Prof Robert Vandenberg, BSc (Hons), Head of Discipline of Pharmacology, University of Sydney

Prof David L Vaux, BMedSci (Melb) MBBS (Melb) PhD (Melb) FAA. NHMRC Australia Fellow, Assistant Director, Walter and

Eliza Hall Institute, University of Melbourne

Dr Richard Vickery, BSc Hons (Syd) PhD (UNSW) Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales

Prof Algis J Vingrys, PhD FARVO, Head, Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Prof Peter M Visscher, PhD FAA, Professor and Chair of Quantitative Genetics, University of Queensland

Prof Tracey Wade, PdD, School of Psychology, Flinders University

Prof Denis Wakefield, DSc MD MBBS FRACP FRCPA, Associate Dean (Research), Head of School of Medical Sciences Faculty

of Medicine, University of New South Wales

Prof Ken Walder, PhD, Director, Metabolic Research Unit, School of Medicine, Deakin University

A/Prof David W Walker, PhD DSC, Perinatal Physiology, Ritchie Centre, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash Medical

Centre

Dr. Lee Walsh, PhD, Research Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia

A/Prof Barry N J Walters, FRACP FRANZCOG, Consultant Physician, Clinical A/ Professor, Obstetric Medicine, King Edward

Memorial Hospital for Women, Royal Perth Hospital WA

Prof Haydn H Walters, MA DM FRCP FRACP FCCP, Mercy Professor of Medicine and Director of Research, Melbourne

Clinical School, University of Notre Dame Australia, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne (Epidemiology) and Menzies

Research Institute Tasmania (Senior Member), Director, NHMRC CRE for Chronic Respiratory Disease and Lung Ageing,

University of Tasmania

Prof Grant Waterer, MBBS PhD MBA FRACP FCCP, Professor of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Adjunct

Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Perth Hospital

Prof Steve Webb, PhD BA(Hons), Professor of Australian Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University

Prof Peter Wenderoth, DSc PhD MA(Hons) FASSA FAPS, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Macquarie

University; Honorary Associate School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) University of Sydney.

Prof Malcolm West, MBBS PhD FRACP, Mayne Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland, Former Head, Discipline of

Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Consultant Cardiologist, Prince Charles Hospital

Prof John R. Wheatley, MBBS (Hons) PhD FRACP, Clinical Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NHMRC

Practitioner Fellow, Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital

Prof Ladd Wheeler, BA PhD, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University

Prof Kevin Wheldall AM, BA PhD CPsychol MAPS FBPsS FCollP FIARLD FASSA, Director, MULTILIT Research Unit,

Macquarie University

Dr Dominic Wilkinson, MBBS BMedSci MBioeth DPhil FRACP, Associate Professor of Neonatal Medicine and Bioethics,

Consultant Neonatologist, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, NHMRC Early Career Health professional research

fellow, Senior research associate, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Associate editor, Journal of

Medical Ethics

Dr Michael Williams, MBBS MMedSci, Director of Child & Adolescent Health, Mackay Base Hospital

Dr Paul Willis, BSc PhD, Director, RiAus (Royal Institution of Australia)

Emeritus Prof John O Willoughby, MBBS PhD FRACP, Professor in Medicine (1989-1996), Flinders University

Prof Gary Wittert, MBBch MD FRACP FRCP, Head, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide

A/Prof Ian Wright, MBBS DCH MRCP(UK) FRACP, Senior Staff Specialist in Neonatal Medicine, Kaleidoscope Children's

Health, Hunter New England LHE, Associate Professor Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Newcastle,

Lead, Newcastle Neonatal Research Group, Mother and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute.

Emeritus Prof Neville Yeomans, MBBS MD FRACP FACG, Foundation Dean of Medicine at UWS (2004-2009), Fellow of the

Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), the American College of Gastroenterology and the American

Gastroenterological Association, The University of Melbourne and University of Western Sydney

Prof Iven Young, BSc(Med) MBBS PhD FRACP, Clinical Professor, Central Clinical School (Medicine), Chair, Physician

Training Council, CETI, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Medical School

Prof Heddy Zola, BSc(Hons) PhD, Research Director, Hanson Institute, SA Pathology, Women's and Children's Health Research

Institute

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Overseas Supporters

Dr Kimball C Atwood IV, MD, editor, www.scienceinmedicine.org, founding fellow, director, Institute for Science in Medicine

Emeritus Prof Michael Baum, Emeritus Professor of Surgery & visiting Professor of medical humanities, University College

London (UCL)

Emeritus Prof David A Bender, Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, UCL

Prof Susan Bewley, Professor of complex obstetrics, Division of Women’s Health, King’s College London (KCL)

Prof Debra Bick, Professor of Evidence-Based Midwifery Practice, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, KCL

Prof Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology, Dept of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

Emeritus Prof Martin Bobrow, CBE FRCP FMedSci FRS, Emeritus Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge

Emeritus Prof Bessie Borwein, PhD, Professor emerita of anatomy, formerly Associate Dean Medical Research, Research, Faculty

of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario

Diana Brahams, Barrister, editor of Medico-Legal Journal and legal correspondent to The Lancet.

Baba Brinkman, Canadian rap artist, writer, actor, and tree planter, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAYVY2eLMck

Prof Geoffrey Burnstock, PhD DSc FAA FRCS(Hon) FRCP (Hon) FMedSci FRS, Autonomic Neuroscience Centre, University

College Medical School, London, UK

Prof Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy, Health Senior Scholar, Alberta Heritage

Foundation for Medical Research, Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health, Research Director, Health Law and

Science Policy Group

Prof David Colquhoun, FRS, Dept of Pharmacology, UCL

Dr Mark Crislip, MD, Chief, Infectious Diseases Legacy Health, Editor, Science Based Medicine, Producer, Quackcast

John E. Dodes, DDS, Founding Fellow, Institute for Science in Medicine, USA

Prof Edzard Ernst, MD PhD FMEdSci FSB FRCP FRCP(Edin), Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, UK

Emeritus Prof John Garrow, Emeritus Professor of Human Nutrition, UCL

Scott Gavura, BScPhm, MBA, RPh, ACPR, Pharmacist and contributor to Science-Based Medicine blog, Canada

A/Prof David H Gorski, MD PhD FACS, surgical oncologist, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Team Leader, Breast

Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, Co-Leader, Breast Cancer Biology Program, Co-Director, Alexander J Walt Comprehensive

Breast Center, Chief, Section of Breast Surgery, A/Professor, Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Emeritus Prof John Guillebaud, Emeritus Professor of Family Planning & Reproductive Health, UCL, UK

Dr Harriet Hall, MD, editor, www.sciencebasedmedicine.org & www.skepdoc.info

Mr. Keith Isaacson, chairman, HealthWatch, Senior Consultant Orthodontist at the North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK.

Dr Timothy Kreider, MD PhD, Psychiatry Resident, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Prof William M. London, EdD MPH, Professor, Department of Public Health (formerly Health Science), California State

University, Los Angeles

Prof Vincent Marks, DM FRCP FRCPath MAE, founder member of HealthWatch UK, Emeritus Professor, Clinical Biochemistry

and erstwhile Dean of Medicine, University of Surrey, UK

Dr James May, vice-chairman, HealthWatch UK, GP principal in Kennington, London.

Dr Paul Nisselle AM, MBBS M.Hlth&MedLaw FRACGP FACLM FFLM,RCP, UK

Les Rose, freelance consultant clinical scientist.

Nick Ross, President, HealthWatch UK, trustee, Sense About Science, chairman, Wales Cancer Bank, member, Royal College of

Physicians Committee on Ethical Issues in Medicine, broadcaster

Prof Steven Salzberg, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

Prof Wallace Sampson, MD Emer. Clin. Prof. of Medicine, Stanford University, editor www.sciencebasedmedicine.org

Dr Simon Singh MBE, PhD, Author, TV presenter

Prof Richard Smith, chair, Patients Know Best; former editor, BMJ

Prof John Snyder, MD, Medical Director, Continuity Clinic Director, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of

Medicine, Baystate Children’s Hospital, MA, USA

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Australian Skeptics

Health Watch UK (a charity which promotes EBM)

Royal Institute of Australia (RIAus)

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