The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences is elevated to the research peerage

It joins the four learned academies already funded by the feds under the Higher Education Research Promotion Scheme.

The elevation takes effect with Health and Medical Sciences welcomed into the Australian Council of Learned Academies, which used to consist of the academies of Science, Technology and Engineering, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

The AAHMS describes itself as the “impartial, authoritative, cross-sector voice of health and medical research in Australia.”

Learned readers assure CMM there is no ACOLA secret handshake now known by AAHMS president, Ingrid Scheffer.