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Sep 23, 1954 Belfast, Northern Ireland 69 years old
Australian medical and health academic
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About Caroline Mcmillen
- Professor Isabella Caroline McMillen (born 23 September 1954) is an Australian medical and health academic and the incumbent Chief Scientist of South Australia since October 2018.
- She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales and a Bragg Member of the Royal Institution, Australia.
- She is a Director of Compass Housing Services Co Ltd, the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, the Australian Science Media Centre and a member of the Council of the University of South Australia. Prior to this role, Professor McMillen was the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle for 7 years between 2011 and 2018 and was presented with the Key to the City of Newcastle by Nuatali Nelmes, the Lord Mayor of Newcastle at the end of her term on Friday 12 October 2018.Professor McMillen has served on industry boards such as the Australia Automotive Industry Innovation Council, CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology and the CRC for Rail Innovation as well as the South Australian Premier’s Climate Change Council and the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council.
- She has also served on the Boards of the Australian Business Higher Education Round Table, Universities Australia and the Universities Admissions Centre.
- Prior to moving to New South Wales, McMillen had been Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President of Research and Innovation at the University of South Australia from 2005 to 2011 and the head of physiology at the University of Adelaide from 1992.
- Her early research focused on the effects of prenatal nutrition on adult diseases.
- Her research was funded for two decades by the ARC and the NHMRC and she was on the PMSEIC Working Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal and perinatal health.
- Professor McMillen was also a Member of the Expert Advisory Group for Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE).
