Justine R. Smith AM FAHMS is an Australian ophthalmic surgeon and vision researcher.[1] She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2023, and the Joanne Angle Service Award from ARVO in 2024.[2][3]

Career and achievements

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  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) 2015[4]
  • President of ARVO Board of Trustees 2013-2014[5]
  • Executive Vice President of ARVO Board of Trustees 2017-2022[5]
  • Member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to ophthalmology, particularly research and education" 2023[2]
  • Joanne Angle Service Award ARVO 2024[3]
  • President Elect of the American Uveitis Society
  • Superstar of STEM (Science and Technology Australia) 2019[6]
  • Editor-in-Chief of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, the first woman ever to lead a top-tier (Q1) ophthalmology journal.
  • Chair, Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (one of 100 selected chairs)

Selected publications

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Smith was a member of the team that first reported post-Ebola uveitis was associated with persistence of live virus inside the eye, 2015 NEJM

Year Article Journal
2015 Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence[7] Ophthalmology
2018 Emerging infectious uveitis: Chikungunya, dengue, Zika and Ebola: A review[8] Ophthalmology
2018 Clinical Manifestations and Pathogenesis of Uveitis in Ebola Virus Disease Survivors[9] Ophthalmology

References

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  1. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ a b "Kings birthday honours list 2023".
  3. ^ a b "The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology- 2024 Angle Award: Justine Smith". www.arvo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ Support, GO Creative (2022-01-28). "Fellowship | AAHMS". aahms.org. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ^ a b "ARVO Joanne Angle award 2024".
  6. ^ "Professor Justine Smith". Science and Technology Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ^ Varkey, Jay B.; Shantha, Jessica G.; Crozier, Ian; Kraft, Colleen S.; Lyon, G. Marshall; Mehta, Aneesh K.; Kumar, Gokul; Smith, Justine R.; Kainulainen, Markus H.; Whitmer, Shannon; Ströher, Ute; Uyeki, Timothy M.; Ribner, Bruce S.; Yeh, Steven (2015-06-18). "Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence". New England Journal of Medicine. 372 (25): 2423–2427. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1500306. ISSN 0028-4793.
  8. ^ Oliver, Genevieve F.; Carr, Jillian M.; Smith, Justine R. "Emerging infectious uveitis: Chikungunya, dengue, Zika and Ebola: A review". Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 47 (3): 372–380. doi:10.1111/ceo.13450. ISSN 1442-6404.
  9. ^ Yeh, Steven; Shantha, Jessica G.; Hayek, Brent; Crozier, Ian; Smith, Justine R. (2018-10-03). "Clinical Manifestations and Pathogenesis of Uveitis in Ebola Virus Disease Survivors". Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 26 (7): 1128–1134. doi:10.1080/09273948.2018.1484493. ISSN 0927-3948.