WA’s Chief Health officer Professor Tarun Weeramanthri has been awarded the Sidney Sax Public Health Medal by the Public Health Association of Australia in recognition for his 10 years work in both WA and the Northern Territory.
Prof Helena Liira, from Finland, will take up the UWA Chair of General Practice in January.
Mr Paul Andrew is the new head of Lotterywest.
Murdoch University researchers Prof Steve Wilton and Prof Sue Fletcher have received almost $800,000 from the NHMRC to develop genetic drugs to treat rare diseases.
Prof Ryan Lister (Perkins Institute and UWA), Dr Marc Pellegrini (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) and Dr Nicolas Plachta (EMBL Australia and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute) have each been awarded a $1.2m fellowship for research in their respective fields.
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p class=”MsoNormal” style=”margin-bottom: 6.0pt;”>St John of God Health Care has appointed former Victorian Health Minister the Hon Robert Knowles to the board.