Cheryl Jones is an Australian paediatric infectious disease physician and researcher. She has won several major awards and held significant leadership roles in several Australian universities.
Cheryl Jones | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Paediatrician |
Jones graduated from the University of Tasmania with a bachelor of medicine and surgery in 1987 and she became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Paediatrics) in 1994.[1] She completed a PhD at University of Sydney in 2020 on the 'Immune protection against latent herpes simplex virus type 2 infection by replication-defective mutants in a mouse model'.[2]
Jones was Professor of Paediatrics and Deputy Dean of Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney from 2012 to 2017.[3] In March 2017, Jones became Stevenson Chair of Paediatrics and Head of the Department of Paediatrics at Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne.[4] In 2019, Jones became the first female Head of School and Dean for Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney.[3] Jones became Chair of the AMC’s Assessment Committee in November 2023.[5] In June 2024, she succeeded Vlado Perkovic to became the first female Dean of Medicine & Health at University of New South Wales, Australia.[6]
Jones is a board member of the Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation.[7] She is a specialist editorial adviser for the Medical Journal of Australia.[8]
She is known for her research on herpes simplex and perinatal infections.[9][10] Her work has been profiled in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.[11]
Awards
editProfessor Jones was elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences in 2018.[12]
Professor Jones was made a life member of the Australian Society for Infectious Diseases in 2022 for her contribution to Infectious diseases and her roles to the Australian Society of Infectious Diseases.[6]
Publications
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References
edit- ^ "Dr Cheryl Anne Jones". AHPRA. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Jones, Cheryl Anne; University of Sydney. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (1999), Immune protection against latent herpes simplex virus type 2 infection by replication-defective mutants in a mouse model, retrieved 24 July 2024
- ^ a b "Sydney Medical School appoints new Head of School and Dean". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Welcome from Head of School". Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Professor Cheryl Jones appointed as AMC Assessment Committee Chair". Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ a b "Cheryl Jones appointed Dean of Medicine & Health at UNSW Sydney". UNSW Sites. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Ramsay Health Care | Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation". www.ramsayhealth.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Professor Cheryl Jones". Medical Journal of Australia. ISSN 0025-729X.
- ^ Jones, Cheryl Anne; Burgner, David; Curtis, Nigel; Bryant, Penelope (2018-06-28). "Antibiotics before birth and in early life can affect long-term health". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Angela Berkhout; Vishal Kapoor; Claire Heney; Cheryl A Jones; Julia E Clark; Vikram L Vaska; Melissa Lai; Clare Nourse (3 November 2020). "Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Infants: 13 Year Evaluation (2005-2017) of Laboratory Confirmed Cases in Queensland, Australia". The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000002970. ISSN 0891-3668. PMID 33165280. Wikidata Q101466034.
- ^ "Cheryl Jones: cracking mysteries in paediatric infection". Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Anonymous (2018-10-15). "Professor Cheryl Jones - AAHMS". aahms.org. Retrieved 2024-07-24.