MEDIA RELEASE
30 October 2013
Leading fertility researcher receives NHMRC Ethics Award
A leader in the field of fertility has been awarded the National Health and Medical Research
Council’s 2012 Ethics Award.
NHMRC has recognised Prince Henry's Institute Professor Jock Findlay for his significant
contribution to high ethical standards health and medical research at a national level. His work
with the NHMRC led the development of the ethical guidance of the use of human embryos in
medical research.
“Professor Findlay has been a leader in the development of Australian ethical standards, most
notably as the inaugural Chair of the NHMRC Embryo Research Licensing Committee. He
established high quality protocols and procedures that resulted in public confidence in this
contested area of research,” Professor Anderson said.
Professor Findlay has served NHMRC in multiple ways:
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Chair of Embryo Research Licensing Committee 2003-2012
Chair of Grant Review Panel 2011
Member of Council 2003-2009
Member of Management Committee 2003-2006
Member of Research Council 2002-2003
Member of Committee of Australian Governments Steering Committee on Research on
Excess ART Embryos 2002-2003
Member of Training Awards Committee - Triennium 1994-1996
Member of Regional Grants Interviewing Committee 1981, 1988-89.
Professor Findlay also chaired the Infertility Treatment Authority of Victoria from 2001-2009 and
is well recognized for his visionary leadership in the wider professional community, including
20 years of work with the World Health Organisation.
Currently, Professor Findlay heads the Ovarian Biology Laboratory at Prince Henry's Institute
and is Director of Research at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne. He is also an Honorary
Professor at both Monash University’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and the
University of Melbourne’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Professor Findlay has been previously recognised Officer of the Order of Australia for services
to medicine in the field of reproductive endocrinology as a researcher, through contributions to
the regulation and promotion of assisted reproductive technology and treatment, and to the
development of national and international health programs. He has also received the UK
Society for Reproduction and Fertility’s Distinguished Scientist Award, and the UK Society for
Endocrinology’s Asia and Oceania Medal and the Dale medal.
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