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Professor Anne Kelso is the CEO of the National Health and Medical Researh Council (NHMRC). Before joining NHMRC in April 2015, Professor Kelso spent many years as a biomedical researcher in immunology alongside other roles, most recently as Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza at the Doherty Institute in Melbourne. She is a member of several Government and international committees, including the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (advising the Minister for Health on the strategy and priorities for the Medical Research Future Fund), the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Expert Working Group, the Engagement and Impact Assessment Steering Committee and the Board of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases.