Professor Simon Foote, one of Australia’s leading medical researchers, has been appointed to lead Australian National University’s John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Professor Foote, who is currently dean of Macquarie University’s Australian School of Advanced Medicine, will start as the new director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) in October when he takes over from Professor Chris Parish who was in the role since early last year.
Professor Foote said he was honoured to have been appointed as JCSMR’s new director.
”I’m really excited about it. I’ve had a reasonable amount of experience leading research, encouraging researchers to achieve their utmost, increasing funding … it’s the sort of basic bread-and-butter stuff that you need to be able to do,” he said.