The Society was delighted to learn that Society Fellow, Professor Rebecca Ivers FRSN FAHMS, Scientia Professor of Public Health and Head of the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney, was inducted as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) on 12 October 2023.

The AAHMS citation reads as follows:

Professor Rebecca Ivers is an Australian research leader in the field of public health, with a focus on injury prevention and trauma care research. She has a distinguished track record of research that has significantly advanced our understanding of the burden, prevention, and care of injury across the life course. Her research has contributed substantively and substantially to reducing injury in both young and older people and has led to better, more culturally safe trauma care in Australia and globally.

The Council of the Society extends its sincere congratulations to Professor Ivers on this recognition of her outstanding research career and contributions to public health.