The Medical & Scientific Committee assesses applications for research projects that include a broad mix of basic and clinical research. The committee members are:

Committee Chairman
Professor Jeffrey Zajac AO MBBS PhD FRACP
 Head, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health

Associate Professor Sofianos Andrikopoulos  BSc PhD
Head, Islet Biology Research, University of Melbourne, Austin Health

Professor Mark Cooper MBBS PhD FRACP FAHA FASN
Head, Division of Diabetes and Metabolism, Baker Heart Research Institute

Dr Mario De Luise MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP
Consultant Endocrinologist, Austin Health

Professor Albert Frauman MBBS MD FRACP FACCP FACP
Director, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Melbourne, Austin Health

Professor Richard Kanaan MBBS PhD FRANZCP FRCPSYCH

Chair of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin Health

Dr Graeme Killer AO MBBS MSc DipAvMed DIH FAFOM FAFPHM MRACMA
Medical Advisor, Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Professor John McNeil MBBS MSc PhD FRACP FAFPHM
Head, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital

Professor Joseph Proietto MBBS PhD FRACP
Sir Edward Dunlop Chair of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital