Kelso, Anne (1954 - )

Summary

Anne Kelso has been influential in Australia and internationally in immunology, in science administration and policy roles, and in executive positions in professional organisations. She has fostered the development and commercialisation of Australian vaccine technologies and placed Australia in the forefront of global influenza surveillance, research and pandemic preparedness. Her research was particularly into the regulation of T lymphocyte effector function. Kelso was CEO of the CRC for Vaccine Technology and of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research in Influenza, and in 2015 was appointed CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Details

"Anne Kelso's contributions to Australian science are wide-ranging and significant. As a biomedical researcher, she made a sustained original contribution through her research on the regulation of T lymphocyte effector function. She advanced the discipline of immunology more broadly as a communicator and through service to national and international professional societies. In her Directorship roles she has fostered the development and commercialisation of Australian vaccine technologies, and substantially strengthened Australia's position in global influenza virus surveillance, research and pandemic preparedness. As CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) she is leading major reform of the agency's grant program." [from www.science.org.au/profile/anne-kelso 18/1/2022]

Chronology

1982 - 1984

Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

1985 - 1989

Career position - Senior Research Officer, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

1989

Award - Burnet Prize, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

1990 - 1992

Career position - Senior Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

1992 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Immunology and cell biology

1992 - 1996

Career position - Head, Transplantation Biology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1992 - 1996

Career position - Scientific Consultant, AMRAD Corporation

1993 - 1994

Career position - Scientific consultant, CSL Ltd

1993 - 1998

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal of interferon and cytokine research

1995 - 1996

Career position - President, Australasian Society for Immunology

1996 - ?

Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1996

Career position - President, 1st Congress, Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania

1997 - 1998

Career position - Head, Leucocyte Biology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1997 - 2000

Career position - Member of Council, Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania

1997 - 2000

Career position - Conjoint Professor, University of Queensland

1998 - 2001

Career position - Secretary-General, International Union f Immunological Societies

1999 -

Career position - Member, Research Advisory Board, John Curtin School of Medical Research

1999 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Transplant immunology

1999 - 2000

Career position - Chair, Immunology Discipline Panel, National Health and Medical Research Council

2000 - 2002

Career position - Chair, Scientific Committee, CRC for Asthma

2000 - 2002

Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Beniec Australia Ltd

2000 - 2003

Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Board, CRC for Diagnostics

2000 - 2006

Career position - Director and CEO, CRC for Vaccine Technology

2000 - 2006

Career position - Member, Advisory board, Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, University of Queensland

2001 - 2004

Career position - Member, Research Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council

2002 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, BMC immunology

2002 -

Career position - Member, Medical Advisory Board, Charles and Sylvia Viertel Charitable Foundation

2002 -

Career position - Member, National Influenza Pandemic Action Committee

2002 - 2003

Career position - Member, Infectious Diseases Emergency Response Working Group

2004 -

Career position - Director, VacTX Pty Ltd

2004

Award - Burnet Orator, Australasian Society of Immunology

2005 -

Career position - Adjunct Professor, Griffith University

2005 -

Career position - Member of Council, Queensland University of Technology

2007 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Influenza and other respiratory viruses

2007 -

Career position - Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne

2007 - 2015

Career position - Member, Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee, Therapeutic Goods Administration

2007 - 2015

Career position - Member, Board of Trustees, International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases

2007 - 2015

Career position - Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research in Influenza

11 Jun 2007

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to science, particularly in the field of immunology and vaccine research through contributions to a range of scientific organisations, and as an academic and mentor

2008 - 2015

Career position - Member, National Influenza Surveillance Committee, Australian Government Department of Health

2012 - 2015

Career position - Board Member, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

2012 - 2015

Career position - Member of Council, National Health and Medical Research Council

2015 - 2023

Career position - Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research Council

2015 - 2023

Career position - Member, Board of Trustees, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization

2015 - 2023

Career position - Member, Strategy Board, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

2016

Award - Rubbo Orator, Australian Society of Microbiology

2016 - 2023

Career position - Member, Australian Medical Research Advisory Board, Australian Government Department of Health and Aging

2016 - 2023

Career position - Member, Australian Medical Research Advisory Board, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging

2018 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS)

2018 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2019 - 2020

Career position - Chair, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

2023

Award - Doctorate of Medical Science honoris causa, University of Melbourne

2023

Career position - Member, National Women's Health Advisory Council, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care

2026

Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent service to health and medical research sciences and administration, to Australian influenza preparedness, and to gender equity

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Published resources

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47502196. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/215378242. Details
• 'Professor Anne Kelso AO FAA FAHMS', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, https://aahms.org/fellowship-archives/professor-anne-kelso/. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Professor Anne Kelso: Companion of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Awards and Honours Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2026. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search?searchText=anne%20kelso. Details

See also

• Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details