成人大片 community recognised in Australia Day honours

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The 成人大片 congratulates members of its community recognised in the 2023 Australia Day honours list.

Professor Peter H酶j AC, Vice-Chancellor and President of the 成人大片 said: 鈥淚 would like to congratulate all the distinguished members of our community whose work has been acknowledged in this year鈥檚 Australia Day Honours.

鈥淧eople are the University鈥檚 greatest asset. We are proud of our community of highly talented individuals who lead positive change for the benefit of many and are working to solve some of society鈥檚 most pressing challenges.

鈥淚t is wonderful to see these people recognised nationally for their achievements.鈥

Among the University community鈥檚 more than 20 members to receive honours are:

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

Dr Anne Tonkin AO 鈥 For distinguished service to medical professional regulation, to tertiary education, and to clinical pharmacology.

Dr Tonkin worked for over 20 years as a clinical academic at the University鈥檚 Adelaide Medical School. She has been active in drug regulation and in professional regulation, and was appointed chair of the Medical Board of Australia in 2018.

Emeritus Professor Jack McLean AO - For distinguished service to road safety research, particularly to the causes and prevention of motor vehicle accidents.

Professor McLean聽founded the University鈥檚 Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR)聽in its original iteration, the Road Accident Research Unit, in 1973 and remained Director through its various iterations from 1973 until 2008.聽An engineer with a doctorate in epidemiology, Professor McLean has extensive experience in the role of the factors which cause crashes and injuries on our roads.

Emeritus Professor Warwick Anderson AO - For distinguished service to health and medical research organisations, and to professional associations.

Professor Anderson obtained his PhD from the 成人大片. His research has focused on renal causes of hypertension. From 2006 to 2015 he was Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research Council. In 2015 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University.

鈥淧eople are the University鈥檚 greatest asset. We are proud of our community of highly talented individuals who lead positive change for the benefit of many and are working to solve some of society鈥檚 most pressing challenges."Professor Peter H酶j AC, Vice-Chancellor and President of the 成人大片.


Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Emerita Professor Ngaire Naffine OAM 鈥 For service to law and the legal profession

Professor Naffine is Emerita Professor of Law at the University鈥檚 Adelaide Law School. She has published in the areas of criminology, criminal law, jurisprudence, feminist legal theory and medical law. She has held positions as a visiting scholar at a number of prestigious overseas institutions.

Mr Rodney Smith OAM - For service to music education

Mr Smith was Head of聽Pedagogy Studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. During his time at the University he conducted research on piano performance and pedagogy, with particular focus on music of the twentieth century European avant-garde and the English romantics.

The 成人大片 congratulates these recipients and all of the alumni and friends of the University acknowledged in the honours list.

The full list of members of the 成人大片 community in the 2023 Australia Day Honours is available here.

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