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Public Lecture on “Building Female Leadership in STEMM Disciplines in Higher Education: The Myth of the Pipeline?”

10 Mar 2016

By Professor Caroline McMillen, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle, Australia

To mark the International Women’s Day and as part of HKU’s HeForShe Initiative, a public lecture entitled “Building Female Leadership in STEMM Disciplines in Higher Education: The Myth of the Pipeline?” by Professor Caroline McMillen, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle, Australia, co-organized by the University of Hong Kong and the Australian Consulate-General Hong Kong will be held on March 11, 2016 at 3.00 pm in the Kwan Fong Lecture Theatre of Knowles Building (Room 223). Professor McMillen will speak on the role of global universities in innovation and impact, and the importance of gender equity in that context. Details of the Public Lecture are as follows:

Date: March 11, 2016 (Friday)
Time: 3-4pm
Venue: Kwan Fong Lecture Theatre, 2/F, Knowles Building, the University of Hong Kong
Language: English

About the speaker:
Professor Caroline McMillen joined the University of Newcastle as Vice-Chancellor and President in October 2011. She had previously served in academic leadership positions at Monash University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. She has held national and international roles in medical and health research, industry engagement, strategy and policy development. Professor McMillen is a Director of the Australian Business Higher Education Round Table, a Business Event Sydney Ambassador, and member of the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council. She has served on a range of national and international disciplinary bodies and industry boards, including the Council of the International Union of Physiological Societies, the Australian Automotive Industry Innovation Council, the South Australian Premier’s Climate Change Council, and as Convenor of the New South Wales Vice-Chancellor’s Committee.

As a medical researcher, Professor McMillen is internationally recognised for her work on the impact of the nutritional environment before birth on the risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic disease in adult life. Her research group has been funded continuously for two decades by both the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council. She has published more than 200 publications and been invited to present at more than 70 international and national meetings. She was a member of the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council Working Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health focusing on maternal, fetal and infant health. Professor McMillen is an inaugural Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, and a Bragg Member of the Royal Institution, Australia.

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