Professor Susan Davis AO
Professor Susan Davis AO is Director, Monash University Women’s Health Research Program, Head of the Women’s Endocrine Clinic, Alfred Hospital Melbourne and consultant Endocrinologist at Cabrini Medical Centre. She is a Leadership 3, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator.
Her research (over 450 research publications) spans basic science to clinical trials and has been pivotal in the understanding of sex hormones in women across the life span in multiple non-reproductive target tissues including the brain (cognition, mood, sexual function), cardiovascular system (lipids, vascular function and coagulation) and other tissues (fat, muscle, joint cartilage and bone).
Professor Davis was one of five founders of Jean Hailes for Women, one of Australia’s leading women’s health organisations. She is a past President of the International Menopause Society and a past President of the Australasian Menopause Society and presently is a Council member of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. She has received numerous prestigious research awards, most recently the Elizabeth Blackburn Award of the NHMRC (2023), Ross Hohnen Award of the Australian Heart Foundation (2022), and the Medal of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians for her outstanding contribution and leadership in endocrinology and women’s health (2022).
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2021 for distinguished service to medicine, to women's health as a clinical endocrinologist and researcher, and to medical education.
Professor Davis is an Advisor to the National Women’s Health Council Australia, Advisor to the NHS Menopause Improvement Programme Steering Committee (UK) and was an Advisor for the Australian National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030. She advocates for best clinical care via co-authorship of international Best Practice Guidelines and working with industry to ensure the health needs of women are understood. She has spoken before national and international regulatory bodies as an advocate and advisor.