June has been honours month. Here’s roundup of the health professionals who have been honoured:
King’s Birthday Honours
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Emeritus Professor Carol Bower Emeritus Professor Carol Bower has been made Companion of the Order of Australia for her eminent service to medical research as a paediatric epidemiologist, particularly in birth defects and early childhood development, to health and welfare through public health initiatives, and to medical education.
- Officer of the Order of Australia: Former WA doctor now Deputy CMO Professor Michael Kidd.
- Member of the Order of Australia: Dr David Blacker for his service to medicine and to neurological research; Assoc. Prof. Rosanna Capolingua for her service to patient care, to medicine, and as a role model to women; Adj. Prof. Dale Fisher, CEO of Silverchain for service to medicine, health care management and nursing; Dr George Galvin for service to military history, to governance in sport and to emergency medicine; Dr Kenneth Whiting for service to paediatric medicine and to neurodevelopmental disorder organisations.
- Medal of the Order of Australia: Dr Andrew Davies, the lead of Homeless Healthcare has been recognised for service to medicine and to the community.
- The Western Australian of the Year awards has recognised Telethon Kids Institute autism researcher Professor Andrew Whitehouse in the HBF Professions category, and Professor Marcus Atlas, founder of the Ear Science Institute, in the Alcoa Community Award.
Professor Beth Armstrong
- Murdoch University’s Professor Elaine Holmes has been elected as fellow to the Australian Academy of Science. She is the director of the Centre for Computational and Systems Medicine at Murdoch’s Health Futures Institute.
- Professor Beth Armstrong is the Bunbury-based director of the new Edith Cowan University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) in the South West, which has $17 million federal funding to encourage more graduating health professionals to practise in the region.