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Improving the health of vulnerable communities and changing lives is at the heart of what we do and who we are.
The Hon Linda Dessau AC
Governor of Victoria
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO
Patron-in-Chief Sir Zelman Cowen Fellowship Fund; Former Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia
The Hon Steve Bracks AC
Former Premier of Victoria
Sir Kostas Constantinou OBE
Managing Director Lamana Development Limited (PNG)
Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC
Awarded 1996 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Burnet Institute Board member from 2002-2011
Professor Allan Fels AO
Former Chairman of the ACCC and Foundation Dean of the Australian & New Zealand School of Government
Professor David Ho
Director, The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Centre, New York
Dame Carol Kidu DBE
Patron-in-Chief Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Program; Former PNG Member of Parliament and Minister for Community Development
The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Former Justice of the High Court and a Member of the UNAIDS Global Panel on Human Rights
Sir Peter Morris AC
Former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Mrs Maria Myers AC
Director Dunkeld Pastoral Co; Chair Kimberley Foundation Australia; Director Australian String Quartet
Lady Primrose Potter AC
Director, Ian Potter Museum of Art; Life Governor, Ian Potter Foundation; Founding Patron, Victorian Opera Company; Patron, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Mr John So AO
Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 2001-2008
Mr Heretier Lumumba
Burnet Youth Ambassador since 2008; Former AFL Player
“The Burnet Institute does amazing work throughout the world impacting positively on a multitude of lives. My partnership with Burnet has broadened my understanding in relation to the extent of the people that are vulnerable to the harsh realities of poverty and disease.”
Ms Deanna Blegg
Burnet Ambassador since 2008; Elite HIV-positive athlete, mother of two
“The main aim should be prevention - it solves so much more than a cure. The Institute gave me the opportunity to travel to Papua New Guinea to see the Tingam Liap program in action. It humbled me to be introduced to the wonderful communities and see the level of dedication of the locals committed to the HIV Prevention Programs.”
Princess Kasune Zulu
Burnet Ambassador since 2011; HIV-positive Activist, Author
“The best of humanity of what I see at Burnet. I have seen HIV bring out the best of humankind with scientists devoting their lives to finding better ways to prevent and treat the disease.”
Ms Belinda Collins
Burnet Ambassador since 2011; HIV activist and Author
“Burnet’s expertise from a cellular level to a global level is unique, as is its passion and heart.”
(Photo: Belinda Collins attended the International Women’s Day lunch at Burnet. With Professor Suzanne Crowe AM.)
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