Of the day
Marie-Louise Ayres has a second five-year term as DG of the National Library of Australia.
Allen Ross joins Charles Sturt U as founding director of the Rural Health Research Institute. He moved from Bangladesh’s International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research.
The Royal Society of NSW reports its 2021 awards. Cook Medal (contributions to science). Rose Amal (UNSW). Research excellence: * John Aitken (Uni Newcastle) * Arnold Lining Ju (Uni Sydney) * Dean Rickles (Uni Sydney). Lectureships: * Geraint Lewis (Uni Sydney) * Noushin Nasiri (Macquarie U) * Richard Trethowan (Uni Sydney)
Of the week
Australian Institute of Physics awards go to, * Walter Boas Medal (research), Howard Wiseman-Griffith U * Bragg Medal (PhD thesis), Timothy Gray-ANU * Laby Medal (masters/hons thesis)-Ethan Payne (Monash U) * Outstanding service, Bruce McKellar (Uni Melbourne), Marc Duldig (Uni Tas). Katarina Miljkovic (Curtin U) is the 2022 women in physics lecturer.
The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation announces $500 000 total grants to research teams led by Claudine Bonder (SA Pathology and Uni SA’s Centre for Cancer Biology), Marco Falasca Curtin U), Chamini Perera (UNSW), John Rasko (Uni Sydney) and Anubhav Mittal (Uni Sydney).
Tania Brown, COO of Uni Wollongong’s SMART infrastructure research facility is elected deputy mayor of Wollongong (the city that is). She is a Labor member of its council.
Andrew Condon becomes industry professor for veterans and their families at Australian Catholic University. Mr Condon served 27 years in the army.
Economic Society of Australia’s 2021 awards go to, * Public policy fellow: Stephen King (Productivity Commission) * Honorary fellow: Russell Ross (Uni Sydney) *Young economist: Stefanie Schurer (Uni Sydney) * David Throsby (Macquarie U): Distinguished fellow.
Natalie Ellisdon is confirmed as La Trobe U’s Chief Marketing Officer. She has been acting since last March. Prior to that she was RMIT marketing director.
John Evans becomes Swinburne U’s inaugural PVC Indigenous Education. In April he will move from UTS, where he is professor of Indigenous health.
As of April Vicki Flood will lead Uni Sydney’s Northern Rivers Rural Clinical School, replacing Ross Bailie who moves to research. Professor Flood is an internal appointment.
IDP announces Matt Toohey is its new Chief Information Officer. He joins from all digital ME Bank. Jeremy Mocek becomes head of technology and innovation for the company’s International English Language Testing System business. His is an internal appointment.
Chris Lonsdale steps up to act as Deputy Provost at Australian Catholic U. He covers for Meg Stuart, now Interim Provost following the unexpected resignation of Belinda Tynan.
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians presents its Susman Prize (internal medicine) to Flavia Cicuttini and Stephen Nicholls (both Monash U).
Janet Wallace becomes professor of oral health at Uni Sydney’s School of Dentistry.
CSIRO COO Judi Zielke becomes acting CEO of the Australian Research Council this morning. She replaces Sue Thomas who announced in December she would leave the ARC end January, five months before her first term expired.