Alison Specht
Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Science and Management at Southern Cross University in Australia.
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Dr Denise L Faustman
Dr. Faustman invented the concept of producing genetically engineered pigs as transplantation donors, identified two biological pathways that allow treatment of autoimmunity, and identified a new mutation that may explain some of the differences between the ways men and women experience the same diseases.
Christine Beveridge
Christine Beveridge is internationally recognised for her research into the hormonal control of plant development and shoot architecture, of particular importance to the agricultural and horticultural industries. Her research led to the discovery of the hormone strigolactone that is involved in nutrient uptake, shoot branching and root development.
Dr Harriot Kezia Hunt
As a physician, she focused on women’s health issues, gaining admiration from her patients. As a women’s rights activist, Hunt challenged the boundaries that restricted women in education and in society.
Inga Allison
Perfect brownies baked at high altitude are possible thanks to Colorado’s home economics pioneer Inga Allison
Dr Agnes Nininger Kemp
1800s American physician
Dr Ann Elizabeth Sefton
Australian physiologist and educator
Ann Linda Turnbull
Australian hospital executive
Dr Ann Woolcock
Ann Woolcock was Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Sydney 1984-2001. She was an expert on asthma.
Dr Anna M G Koltunow
Anna Koltunow is a plant physiologist whose contributions to understanding plant reproduction by uncovering mechanisms regulating fruit and seed formation via sexual and asexual (apomictic) pathways are being used in developing countries to improve crop production.