LGBTQ research in Lebanon has never been more difficult nor more important. Dr Ismäel Maatouk feels compelled to continue because of the coming sexual health crisis.
The new president of the Australian Academy of Sciences talks about his hopes for Australian science during his term.
Bush fire researcher Dr Rachael Nolan leveraged the news cycle to highlight the link between climate change and catastrophic bushfires. Here, she shares her advice for researchers who need to get their message out there.
When Jumana Saleh moved to Oman in 2004, obesity simply wasn’t a public health issue in the sultanate. “You could hardly find anyone who was even just overweight, never mind obese,” she says
The Middle East might not be the most obvious place to go to escape sexism and political instability, but that’s exactly what Susu Zughaier did in 2017. She left the United States – where she had a research position at Emory University searching for new ways to stop bacterial infections – because she says the country’s politics had become so febrile.
Turning 82 this year, this Nobel laureate and former Australian of the Year underscores a deep involvement in communicating evidence-based science and combating misinformation with a refreshing irreverence.
Regina Honu is a leading light for African women in STEM. At home, she is involved in driving government policy, and globally, she has been recognised as one of the BBC’s hundred most inspirational and innovative women. In 2017 she took home emerging global leaders award from the US’s Northwestern University Roberta Buffet Institute. There are many more to name, but it is not these awards, nor the boards she sits on, of which she is most proud. That distinction falls to the Soronko Academy.