David de Kretser and Lifetime Achievement Medals
Winner of the 2026 David de Kretser Medal
Professor Stephen Jane AO
Professor Stephen Jane AO completed his medical degree at Monash University. He entered the physician training program at the Alfred, completing clinical/laboratory haematology and a PhD under Professor Hatem Salem, Director of the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases. He then spent five years in the United States of America, the first three as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, and the remainder on the faculty at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Winner of the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Medal
Professor Kathryn North AC
Professor Kathryn North AC is Director of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at The University of Melbourne. An internationally recognised clinician-scientist, she is a global leader in genomic medicine, child health research and the translation of scientific discovery into improved health outcomes. Trained in paediatrics, neurology and clinical genetics, Professor North completed a research doctorate in neurogenetics and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Harvard Genetics Program.
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