Josephine Forbes

Josephine Forbes (born 20 August 1970) is an Australian scientist listed in the Stanford University most influential scientists across all disciplines globally both over her career and annually for many years. This Wikipaedia page was posted as part of a "Wiki bomb" by the Australian Academy of Science of the top 100 women scientists in Australia of the time in 2014.

Josephine Forbes
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
AwardsCommonwealth Health Minister's Award
Young Tall Poppy Award
NHMRC Achievement Award
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
Diabetes
Nephrology
InstitutionsMater Research

Research

One of the most striking things about COVID-19 is that millions of people have lost their lives to COVID-19 since we first saw this disease emerge in late 2019. What you may not know about is the other silent pandemic which is killing approximately 4 million people every year. You may not think that diabetes is very serious, but these startling numbers are the reality of health care professionals and individuals with diabetes globally. Diabetes is bursting health care budgets in most nations. These are the numbers that keep Professor Josephine Forbes awake at night......

As of 2023, diabetes, a global pandemic, affects ~570 million individuals, costing ~US$950b (IDF Atlas, 9th Edition), where 50% of these individuals will develop kidney disease, having a profound effect on their lives. Despite the use of best practice therapies, the absolute numbers of affected individuals continues to grow, highlighting the urgent ongoing and unmet need for the development/translation of novel therapies. Dr Forbes’ innovative and health outcome focussed research program has enabled (a) better understanding of disease development/progression; (b) identified therapeutic targets and timepoints to use them and (c) translated these novel intervention therapies into clinical trials via clinical/industry collaboration with >10 biotech companies. This program now extends to vulnerable populations including youth with diabetes and First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who are disproportionately affected by diabetes and kidney disease.

Biography

Professor Forbes currently leads a team of researchers and supervises numerous students, in addition to being a Professor of Medicine at the University of Queensland and a principal research fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. Her team are based at Mater Research which is a world-class medical research institute based at South Brisbane, and the Translational Research Institute, Australia and part of the Mater Group. Josephine is program leader for Mater's Chronic and Integrated Care Program, building greater understanding of the biological basis of a broad range of chronic diseases, and developing preventative strategies and innovative treatments to improve patient outcomes. Josephine is also the President-elect of the Australian Diabetes Society and on teh Steering Committee of the Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovation (ACADI). [1][2]

Education

Forbes was awarded her PhD in Nephrology in 1999 from the University of Melbourne, for research carried out at the Royal Children's Hospital. She is currently an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and has held research grants from the NHMRC of Australia, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the National Institutes of Health (USA).[1]

Awards

Forbes has received many awards in recognition of her research:


Fellowships
  • JDRF Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2002-2004
  • JDRF Career Development Award, 2005-2009
  • NHMRC, RD Wright Career Development Award, 2005-2009
  • NHMRC, Career Development Award level 2, 2010
  • NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship, 2011-2015
  • NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship, 2016-2020
  • NHMRC Leadership Award/Fellowship Level 2, 2022-2026

References
  1. "Professor Josephine Forbes".
  2. "Josephine Forbes". The Conversation. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. "2008 Victorian Award Winners". www.aips.net.au/. Australian Institute of Policy and Science. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. "Josephine Forbes". National Health and Medical Research Council. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. "Australia's best and brightest researchers recognised in 2010 NHMRC Excellence Awards". www.nhmrc.gov.au. Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. "Women in Technology Announce Their 2014 WiT Award Winners" (PDF).
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