The annual awards, announced by the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), acknowledge exceptional Australians who have benefited their communities at a local, national and international level.
Vice-Chancellor S Bruce Dowton said: “Through innovation, through research and through service, universities have a vital role to play in our communities. The Australia Day Honours List is a strong reflection of this role.
“I wish to congratulate Macquarie University staff, as well as former staff and alumni, who have been acknowledged for their dedication and achievements in their respective fields. They have each made meaningful contributions of which they can be most proud.”
Among the University’s honourees, Associate Professor Graham Gumley, MQ Health’s Clinical Program Head, Musculoskeletal and Plastics, was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to medicine in the field of orthopaedics.
A specialist hand surgeon, Associate Professor Gumley has had enormous impact across a career spanning almost five decades. Highlights include his tenure as Chair of HOPE Worldwide Australia from 2010 to 2020, his work in Cambodia, where he established a surgery training program, and two Humanitarian Service Awards from the Australian Orthopaedic Association (2012 and 2015).
He has served as the Director of Clinical Governance at Macquarie University Hospital since 2019.
Professor Julian Gold, who is the Director of Clinical Research Development in the Macquarie Medical School, received an AM for significant service to medicine as a clinical epidemiologist and researcher, and to community health.
Professor Gold is a preeminent figure in the diagnosis and management of patients with HIV/AIDS and associated infectious diseases. He established the national HIV/AIDS surveillance program in Australia during the early 1980s, and has served on all of the National Advisory Committees related to HIV/AIDS, infection control, and healthcare worker safety. Professor Gold has worked with the World Health Organization in various capacities and, since 2009, has been investigating the repurposing of antiviral therapies for diseases such as multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease.
Honorary Professor Kelvin Kong, also from Macquarie Medical School, was awarded an AM for significant service to medicine as an otolaryngologist, and to Indigenous health.
From the School of Natural Sciences, Honorary Senior Research Fellow Dr Patricia Hutchings received an AM for significant service to marine science, and to environmental conservation.
Emeritus Professor Roy Green, who served as Dean of Macquarie Graduate School of Management between 2005 and 2008, was awarded an AM for significant service to business, and to tertiary education in the fields of science, technology and innovation.
Meanwhile, a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) was awarded to Honorary Associate Professor Glendon Farrow, Macquarie Medical School, for service to military medicine and patient safety.
Macquarie University alumna Professor Louise Marie Ryan received an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to biostatistical research and methodology, to environmental science, and to professional societies. Professor Ryan was the recipient of the University’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009 and won the Moyal Medal in 2021, an annual prize awarded for research contributions to mathematics, physics or statistics.
Macquarie University congratulates members of its alumni community who were among those honoured:
- Stephen William Callister AM
- Associate Professor Graham John Gumley AM
- Catherine Brighid Livingstone AO AC
- Distinguished Professor Louise Marie Ryan AO
- Elizabeth Jane Baxter PSM
- Andrew Sidney Whitton OAM
- Geoffrey Thomas Hanson ESM
- Grahame Bruce Douglas AM
- Guy Stuart Fowler OAM
- Colonel John Angus Dougall CSC
- Robert Ian Hirst OAM
- Caroline Kelly AM
- Roberta Louise Conroy OAM
- Emerita Professor Lesley Patricia Hitchens AM
- Muhammad Humair Ahmad PSM
- Sally Janet Smith PSM
- Chantelle Stratford PSM
A full list of Australia Day Honours can be viewed here.
