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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-01-22 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006213b.htm person Little Melissa Helen AC FAA FRS FAHMS AACR2 5 December 1963 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Medical scientist Molecular biologist 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. 1984 1984 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Queensland 1985 1989 Career position - Research Assistant, Queensland Institute of Medical Research 1988 1988 Award - Queensland Cancer Fund Travelling Fellowship 1990 1990 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland 1990 1994 Award - Endeavour Fellowship, Royal Society, London 1993 1993 Award - Postdoctoral Award, Australian Medical Research and Development (AMRAD) 1993 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 2004 Award - Gottschalk Medal, Australian Academy of Science 2005 2005 Award - GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence, at the Institute for Molecular Science, University of Queensland 2006 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 - Member, Research Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council 2009 2015 Career position - Group Leader, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland 2014 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 2015 Award - Outstanding Researcher Award, National Health and Medical Research Council 2015 2015 Award - Boerhaave Professorship, University of Leiden, The Netherlands 2015 2015 Award - Director's Award, Murdoch Children's Research Institute 2015 2015 Award - President's Medal, Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology 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 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 2019 Award - Alfred Newton Richards Award in Nephrology, International Society for Nephrology 2019 2019 Award - Honorary Doctorate, Leiden University, The Netherlands 2020 2020 Award - Julian Wells Medal in Genomics, Lorne Genonme Conference 2021 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 26 Jan 2023 26 Jan 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 2025 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2014 - )

Fellow 2015 -

 Gottschalk Medal, Australian Academy of Science (1979 - )

Awarded the Medal 2004

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 2017

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

R. Douglas Wright Fellow 1995 - 1997

 Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne (1991 - )

Professor 2015 -

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Group Leader, Institute for Molecular Bioscience 2009 - 2015

 Murdoch Children's Research Institute (1986 - )

Theme Director, Cell Biology, Kidney Research Laboratory 2015 - 2021; received the Director's Award 2015

 Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (2002? - )

Awarded President's Medal 2015

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 'Little, Melissa Helen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Little, Melissa Helen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Journal Article: President's Medallist - Melissa Little Anon President's Medallist - Melissa Little 2015 ANZSCDB newsletter Summer 2015/6 5-8 Resource: Gottschalk Medal Australian Academy of Science Gottschalk Medal Australian Academy of Science 2022 Resource Section: Professor Melissa Helen Little: Companion of the Order of Australia Professor Melissa Helen Little: Companion of the Order of Australia Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 2023 It's an Honour Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat Journal Article: An interview with Melissa Little Vicente, Catarina An interview with Melissa Little 2016 Development 143 907-9