Research Impact Committee

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AAMRI’s Research Impact Committee was appointed in late 2023, made up of representatives from AAMRI member institutes.

The committee’s goal is to recommend actions for AAMRI to take to build and facilitate a translation and impact ethos and culture across the medical research sector. The committee will also identify advocacy opportunities to achieve meaningful, ethical and purposeful approaches to translation and impact within the sector.

Research Impact Committee Members

The AAMRI Research Impact Committee is made up of the following representatives from AAMRI member institutes:

• Co-Chair – Shanthi Ramanathan
  Research Impact Lead, Hunter Medical Research Institute
• Co-Chair – Dr Kylie Maidment
  Post-Doctoral Fellow in Policy Research and Translation, Black Dog Institute
• Professor Katherine Andrews
  Principal Research Leader, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
• Sarah Brazier
  Centre Manager, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, The Kids Research Institute
• Professor Moira Clay
  Deputy Director, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
• Meg Denham
  Consumer representative
• Professor Heidi Drummer
  Scientific Director for Research Translation, Burnet Institute
• Veronica Le Nevez
  Head of Impact and Engagement, Australia, The George Institute for Global Health
• Natasha Stevens
  Senior Program Manager, Menzies Institute for Medical Research
• Mary-Anne Young
  Head of Clinical Engagement and Translational Platform, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

The committee is also represented by the following AAMRI staff/board members and honorary members:

• Dr Saraid Billiards
  AAMRI Chief Executive Officer
• Professor Peter Leedman AO
  Director, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
• Dr Carrie Hillyard AM
  Research Advisory Board Chair, Mater Research 
• Ken Knight