Congratulations to MDHS staff, alumni and special friends who have received 2023 King's Birthday Honours

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences congratulates staff, alumni and special friends who have received 2023 King's Birthday Honours.

Companions of the Order of Australia (AC)

Dr Kerry J Breen AO  
for distinguished service to the advancement of ethical medical research, to the development of doctors' health programs, and as an author

Scientia Professor Louisa J Degenhardt AO
for distinguished service to medical research, particularly addiction and mental disorders, to psychology, and to professional associations

Professor Jane M Gunn AO    
for distinguished service to medical administration in leadership roles, to tertiary education and research, and to the community

Associate Professor Misty R Jenkins AO      
for distinguished service to medical science as an immunologist, to the promotion of women in STEM, and to the Indigenous community

Professor Michael R Kidd AO
for distinguished service in medical administration and community health, to primary care leadership, and to tertiary education

Professor Glen D Liddell-Mola AO    
for distinguished service to obstetrics and gynaecology, to reproductive health research, and to medical education in the Pacific region

Professor Grant A McArthur AO        
for distinguished service to medicine as a clinician scientist through melanoma and cancer research, and to leadership roles

Dr Sandra Elfride Penso Staffieri AO
for distinguished service to medicine as an orthoptist and vision researcher, and to paediatric ophthalmology

Scientia Professor Fiona Stapleton AO                      
for distinguished service to optometry as a researcher, mentor and role model, to tertiary education, and to national and international organisations

Professor Erica M Wood AO  
for distinguished service to transfusion medicine and haemovigilance, to haematology, and to national and international organisations

Professor John R Zalcberg AO            
for distinguished service to oncology as a clinician-researcher, and as an advocate for those living with cancer

Members of the Order of Australia (AM)

Professor Melanie Bahlo AM
for significant service to genetic and infectious disease research, and to public health

Associate Professor Ravi S Bhat AM  
for significant service to medicine, and to rural psychiatry

Dr Marcus P Carey AM          
for significant service to urogynaecology, and to women's health

Ms Dale A Fisher AM
for significant service to medicine, to health care management, and to nursing

Professor Mark Hargreaves AM
for significant service to tertiary education, to sports administration, and to physiology

Dr Geoffrey A Head AM        
for significant service to medical research into high blood pressure diagnosis and management

Professor Rodney J Hicks AM
for significant service to nuclear medicine through a range of international and national roles

Associate Professor Gary Kilov AM
for significant service to medicine, particularly diabetes research and advisory roles

Dr Anna L Lavelle AM
for significant service to science and innovation through a range of roles

Professor Danielle Mazza AM
for significant service to medicine and to medical research, particularly to women's health

Dr Harshal H Nandurkar AM
for significant service to medicine, particularly as a haematologist

Professor Alice M Pebay AM
for significant service to science, particularly through stem cell and neuroscience research

Professor Anna Peeters AM
for significant service to community health, particularly obesity research

Professor Joanna Robinson AM
for significant service to community health, through suicide prevention awareness and support

Clinical Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM                      
for significant service to medicine through a range of roles, and to women's health

Mr Edwin K Tucker AM
for significant service to community health, and to the technology sector

Professor Margaret R Zacharin AM OAM      
for significant service to medicine, particularly paediatric endocrinology

Dr Sharonne A Zaks AM
for significant service to dentistry, and to the arts

For the full list of King's Birthday Honours staff, alumni and special friends of the University of Melbourne, please visit the University's Honours page.