Florey Medal

The Florey Medal, also known as the CSL Florey Medal^[1] and the Florey Medal for Lifetime Achievement,^[2] is an Australian award for biomedical research named in honour of Australian Nobel Laureate Howard Florey. The medal is awarded biennially and the recipient receives $50,000 in prize money.^[1]

The Medal was first awarded in 1998, the centenary of Florey's birth. It is administered by the Australian Institute of Policy & Science and has been sponsored by F H Faulding,^[3] then Mayne (when they took over Fauldings), Merck Sharp & Dohme,^[4] and is currently sponsored by CSL Limited.^[1]

Recipients

Past recipients include:^[5]

• 1998 – Barry Marshall and Robin Warren for their work on Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
• 2000 – Jacques Miller for work on the function of the thymus
• 2002 – Colin L. Masters for Alzheimer's disease research
• 2004 – Peter Colman for structural biology research
• 2006 – Ian Frazer for development of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil
• 2009 – John Hopwood [Wikidata] for research and clinical application in lysosomal disorders
• 2011 – Graeme Clark for his invention of the bionic ear^[6]
• 2013 – Ruth Bishop for her work on understanding the rotavirus and the creation of a vaccine^[7]
• 2015 – Perry Bartlett for his discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the brain ^[8]
• 2017 – Elizabeth Rakoczy from the Lions Eye Institute at the University of Western Australia for her work on a new gene therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration.^[9]
• 2019 – David Vaux and Andreas Strasser of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for their work on revealing the links between cell death and cancer.^[10][2]

See also

• List of biomedical science awards
• List of awards named after people

References

1. "CSL Florey Medal". Australian Institute of Policy & Science. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
2. Ha, Tanya (22 June 2020). "When cells forget how to die – a hallmark of cancer". Scimex. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
3. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Minister welcomes Faulding's sponsorship of the Florey Medal, 11 December 1997.
4. Australian Institute of Policy & Science. 2006 Merck Sharp & Dohme Florey Medal 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
5. "CSL Florey Medal". AIPS – Australian Institute of Policy & Science. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
6. "Graeme Clark wins 2011 CSL Florey Medal". Australian Institute of Policy and Science. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011. Professor Clark had a big idea and took it through a torturous scientific and regulatory path to create a device that has transformed the lives of people around the world. His ideas have seeded many other initiatives in bionics
7. "Melbourne professor awarded Florey for saving lives by the millions". ABC News. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
8. . Australian Institute of Policy & Science. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
9. "Researcher who uses viruses for good wins CSL Florey Medal". Radio National. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
10. "Scientists revealing the links between cell death and cancer win $50,000 CSL Florey Medal for lifetime achievement". Australian Institute of Policy and Science. Retrieved 7 February 2020.