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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-07-02 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006453b.htm person Kavallaris Maria AM FAHMS AACR2 Medical scientist Molecular biologist Maria Kavallaris is a medical scientist who has made significant advances in molecular and cellular biology, defining mechanisms for drug resistance and tumour aggressiveness in cancer, and using nanotechnology to develop new classes of therapeutics and diagnostics. After postdoctoral research on resistance to taxol undertaken in the United States, Kavallaris established the research group at the Children's Cancer Institute in Sydney. She has received numerous awards for her research. Kavallaris is the Head of the Tumour Biology and Targeting at the Institute and the founding Director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine at the University of New South Wales. 1988 1988 Education - BAppSc, University of Technology Sydney 1994 1994 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales 1996 1996 Career position - International Agency for Research on Cancer, Cancer Research Training Fellowship, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, U.S.A. 2002 2002 Award - Children's Cancer Institute Australia Award for Outstanding Service in Pursuit of the Institute's Vision 2004 2004 Award - Young Tall Poppy Award, Australian Institute of Policy and Science 2004 2008 Award - R. D. Wright Career Development Fellowship, National Health and Medical Research Council 2007 Career position - Member of the Board (later Co-Chair), Australian Institution of Policy and Science 2007 2007 Award - Eureka Prize for Voiceless Research which Replaces the Use of Animals or Animal Products (joint), Australian Museum 2007 2007 Career position - President, Australian Society for Medical Research 2009 2013 Award - Senior Research Fellowship, National Health and Medical Research Council 2009 2014 Career position - Member, Advisory Group, Australian Society for Medical Research 2014 2018 Award - Established Career Fellowship, National Health and Medical Research Council 2015 Career position - Member, Research Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council 2016 Award - Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council 2016 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) 2017 2017 Award - Prize for Leadership in Innovation in New South Wales, New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science 2017 2021 Award - Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council 2019 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales 2019 2019 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for significant service to medicine, and to medical research, in the field of childhood and adult cancers 2019 2019 Award - Lemberg Medal and Oration, Australian Society for Biochemical and Molecular Biology 2023 2023 Award - Walter Burfitt Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales Lemberg Medal and Oration, Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1968 - )

Awarded the Medal 2019

 Australian Society for Medical Research (1961 - )

President 2007

 Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2014 - )

Fellow 2016 -

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Fellow 2019 -

 New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science (2015 - )

Awarded the Prize for Leadership in Innovation in New South Wales 2017

 Walter Burfitt Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales (1935 - )

Awarded the Prize 2023

 Australian Institute of Policy and Science (1932 - )

Member of the Board (later Co-Chair) 2007 -

 'Kavallaris, Maria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kavallaris, Maria 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 Journal Article: ASBMB medallist and awardee profiles [2019] Australian Society for Biochemical and Molecular Biology ASBMB medallist and awardee profiles [2019] 2019 Australian biochemist 50 1 22-30