Suzanne Cory

Suzanne Cory, AC, FAA, FRS (born 11 March 1942) is an Australian biologist.

Cory is the current President of the Australian Academy of Science. She is the first-elected female President of the Academy and took office on 7 May 2010 for a five year term. She was the director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), from 1996 until 30 June 2009 and remains a faculty member, having rejoined the institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division. She was awarded a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2001 and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 2002. In 2009, it was announced that a new select entry state high school would be opened in Werribee in 2011. The school has be named Suzanne Cory High School, after Suzanne Cory. She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist Professor Jerry Adams, also a WEHI scientist, whom she met in her post-doctoral years.

In 2009 she was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and was presented with her award in Canberra, Australia, by the Ambassador of France in Australia, His Excellency Michel Filhol, on 12 June 2009.

In 2011 Cory was awarded the Association for International Cancer Research Colin Thomson Medal.^[1]

References

1. ^ Colin Thomson Medal 2011 Announcement

External links

• Overview of directorship and research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
• Smith, Deborah: Woman of science, The Age, 7 August 2010.