Health leadership role for MCHRI Director
Professor Helena Teede
Professor Helena Teede has been announced as the new Executive Director of Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre. Professor Teede is a respected clinician and researcher, with a breadth of experience that makes her a great candidate for this new appointment, including her role as Director of the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine's Monash Centre of Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI).
Monash Partners is an innovative Australian health industry, research and educational collaboration between eight independent, world class providers of health services, health research and health education in the south and east of Melbourne. Members are:
- Alfred Health
- Baker IDI
- Burnet Institute
- Cabrini Health
- Epworth HealthCare
- Monash University
- Hudson Institute of Medical Research (formerly MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research)
- Monash Health.
Professor Teede has an international profile in clinical, health services, public health research and translation, academic, government and NGO roles. She has held various leadership roles, stands on a range of committees, and is also President of the Endocrine Society of Australia; President-elect of the International PCOS Society; a co-lead of the National Indigenous women’s health partnership in research and translation; lead of the National Australian PCOS Alliance and guideline development group; and member of the Diabetes Australia Clinical Advisory Committee.
In addition to this, Professor Teede has held multiple State and Federal government advisory roles in Women’s Health, Healthy Communities, Diabetes, and Obesity and Prevention. Her outstanding work in research has also led to multiple honours including NHMRC Research Achievement Award for highest ranked CDF applicant, Victorian Health Minister’s Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, Commendation for Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research, and Government Awards for Healthcare Innovation.