The Australian Academy of Science announces its 2022 awards.

 Macfarlane Burnett Medal: Steve Simpson (Uni Sydney)

Ruby Payne-Scott Medal: Liz Dennis (CSIRO)

Career awards: * Kathy Ehrig (BHP Billiton) * Richard Henley (ANU) Christopher Barner-Kowollik (QUT) * Andrew Roberts (ANU) * Timothy Senden (ANU)  * Georgia Chenevix-Trench (QMIR Berghofer)

Mid-career:  * Rebecca Guy (Fellow, Academy of Health and Medical Sciences) * Vanessa Peterson (ANSTO)

Early-career: * Keith Bannister (CSIRO) * Jenny Fisher (Uni Wollongong) * Alisa Glukhova (Uni Melbourne)  * Chris Greening (Monash U) * Yuning Hong (La Trobe) * Francis Hui (ANU) * Samintha Perera (Uni Melbourne) * Kerrylee Rogers (Uni Wollongong) * Loic Yengo (Uni Queensland) * Annan Zhou (RMIT)

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Karen Francis becomes dean of Nursing and Midwifery at Charles Darwin U.

Mark Hatwell joins regulator TEQSA as director of registration and courses. He was previously at Monash U.

The NSW 2022 Women of the Year include,  Anna Barwick (PhD student, Uni New England) and Julie Redfern (Uni Sydney).