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Professor Justine Smith (Photo: supplied)

Drugging biologic targets in non-infectious uveitis.

Hosted by: Associate Professor Riccardo Natoli

Biography

Professor Justine R. Smith (FRANZCO, FRACS, PhD) is an ophthalmologist-scientist, co-appointed as Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor at Flinders University and Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist at Flinders Medical Centre, the largest comprehensive public hospital in Adelaide, Australia.

Professor Smith leads a research program in uveitis and has published over 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including articles in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nature, and New England Journal of Medicine. She is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Professors, and Chair XIII of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis. She was one of the first Superstars of STEM identified by Science and Technology Australia as a role model for girls and women working in the STEM disciplines. She was recognised in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours as a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to ophthalmology, particularly research and education.

Professor Smith’s international appointments include Board Director of the Ophthalmology Foundation and the American Uveitis Society. She was 2017-2022 Executive Vice-President of the Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology and 2020-2023 Editor-in-Chief of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, being the first woman ever to lead a Q1 ophthalmology journal.