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Monash Honour Roll Inductees

The Monash Honour Roll recognises the University’s most outstanding and generous academic leaders who consistently and generously share their skill and expertise, mentoring colleagues, forging education and research initiatives and collaborations, and fostering a culture of academic excellence.

Professor Christina Mitchell AO

PROFESSOR CHRISTINA MITCHELL AO
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Professor Christina Mitchell is the current Academic Vice-President and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, a role she has fulfilled with distinction since January 2011. Professor Mitchell was the first woman to be appointed Dean of Medicine at a Group of Eight University and, in 2015, was inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. Under her leadership, the Faculty has become a world-leading research and education powerhouse.

Professor Mitchell has overseen unprecedented growth in research, education, revenue, and impact, with over 3000 researchers and an 85% increase in research revenue over the past five years. Faculty participation rates of Indigenous students have doubled since 2016, and participation of women, and regional and remote students continues to grow.

Adept in identifying and supporting emerging research and education leaders, Professor Mitchell empowers staff across the Faculty to take risks and innovate. She has established multiple partnerships that bring scientists, talented graduates, industry, and government together for the benefit of Australia, South East Asia and the Pacific.

Professor Mitchell led the development of Monash’s Bioscience Precinct and led bids to establish the Victorian Heart Hospital, the National Centre for Health Ageing, and Moderna’s first mRNA production facility in the Southern Hemisphere.

Professor Mitchell is a health and medical research leader and physician-scientist specialising in clinical haematology. She has published over 150 papers and her research profile was recognised in 2019 when she was appointed to the Office of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to medicine in the field of haematology, to medical education and research, and to academic leadership.

Professor JaneMaree Maher

PROFESSOR JANEMAREE MAHER
Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Senior Vice-President

Professor JaneMaree Maher is Academic Director (Research Training) in the portfolio of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).

An expert in the prevention of, and response to, sexual harm and gender-based violence, Professor Maher has played an integral role in advancing Monash University to a sector leader in this field.

Professor Maher was appointed a member of the Respect at Monash Advisory Committee in 2021. Her work was integral in the development of the University’s Gender Equality Action Plan, including the Respect at Monash module which is completed by all Monash staff and students.

Professor Maher has published extensively in academic and public forums with a prolific body of work that has significantly advanced public understanding of family violence. Her work played a key role in the implementation of recommendations from the world-first Royal Commission into Family Violence, tabled in Victorian Parliament in 2016.

Professor Maher is deeply committed to excellence in graduate supervision and research training and has supervised more than 40 PhD and Masters students, including co-supervising students at Monash Malaysia.

Her experience in academic leadership roles has seen her responsible for complex matters related to the delivery of graduate research and research training across our global network of campuses. This has included the implementation and management of Teaching and Education plans to inspire educators and foster a community of practice.