Person

Little, Melissa Helen (1963 - )

AC FAA FAHMS

Born
5 December 1963
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Medical scientist and Molecular biologist

Summary

Melissa Little is internationally recognised for her pioneering stem cell research on kidney development and renal regeneration. She is theme director of Cell Biology at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, and Program Leader at Stem Cell Australia. Her contributions to the development of science policy in Australia include membership of reviews that led to the doubling of the National Health and Medical Research Council budget and the establishment of the Medical Research Future and Biomedical Translation Funds.

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Chronology

1984
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Queensland
1985 - 1989
Career position - Research Assistant, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
1988
Award - Queensland Cancer Fund Travelling Fellowship
1990
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
1990 - 1994
Award - Endeavour Fellowship, Royal Society, London
1993
Award - Postdoctoral Award, Australian Medical Research and Development (AMRAD)
1993
Award - AMP Bio-Medical Research Award, Postdoctoral Category
1995 - 1998
Award - R. Douglas Wright Fellowship, University of Melbourne
1995 - 2008
Career position - Group Leader, Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Queensland
1998 - 2002
Award - Senior Medical Research Fellowship, Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation (at the Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Queensland
1998 - 2013
Award - Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
2004
Award - Gottschalk Medal, Australian Academy of Science
2005
Award - GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence, at the Institute for Molecular Science, University of Queensland
2006
Award - Eisenhower Fellowship, at the Murdoch Childrens' Research Institute
2007 - 2008
Career position - Chief Scientific Officer, Australian Stem Cell Centre
2009 - 2015
Career position - Group Leader, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
2009 - 2015
Career position - Member, Research Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council
2014
Career position - Division Head, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
2014 - 2022
Award - Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
2015 -
Career position - Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
2015 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS)
2015
Award - Director's Award, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2015
Award - President's Medal, Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
2015
Award - Outstanding Researcher Award, National Health and Medical Research Council
2015
Award - Boerhaave Professorship, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
2015 - 2016
Career position - Vice-President, Australasian Society of Stem Cell Research
2015 - 2021
Career position - Theme Director, Cell Biology, Kidney Research Laboratory, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2016
Award - Eureka Prize for Scientific Research, Australian Museum
2017 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2017 - 2018
Career position - President, Australasian Society of Stem Cell Research
2017 - 2021
Career position - Program Leader, Stem Cells Australia
2018 -
Award - Elizabeth Blackburn Fellowship Award (Biomedical), National Health and Medical Research Council
2018 - 2023
Career position - Board Member and Executive Committee Member, International Society for Stem Cell Research
2019
Award - Alfred Newton Richards Award in Nephrology, International Society for Nephrology
2019
Award - Honorary Doctorate, Leiden University, The Netherlands
2020
Award - Julian Wells Medal in Genomics, Lorne Genonme Conference
2021
Award - Homer Smith Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology
2021 - 2022
Career position - President, International Society for Stem Cell Research
2022 -
Career position - Chief Executive Officer, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Stem Cell Medicine - reNEW, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent service to medical research through pioneering contributions to regenerative therapies for kidney disease, and to stem cell medicine

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  • Vicente, Catarina, 'An interview with Melissa Little', Development, 143 (2016), 907-9. Details

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