Diana Horvath

Diana Glen Horvath AO (born 1944)[1] is an Australian medical doctor, researcher and administrator and the first female chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council.[2]

Professor

Diana Horvath

AO
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Sydney
OccupationMedical doctor, administrator
Spouse(s)John Horvath AO

Horvath graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1968. She later completed a Masters of Health Planning from the University of New South Wales.[3]

Horvath was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to health administration and to medicine particularly through advancing medical teaching and medical research.".[4] She was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service to Australian society in business leadership".[5]

Horvath was awarded the Sidney Sax medal in 1992, the pre-eminent prize awarded by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association.[3]

She is married to Professor John Horvath and the two worked together at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland in the United States in the 1970s.[6] They have two children.[3]

References
  1. "Horvath, Diana Glen". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. Mellor, Diana. "Horvath, Diana". Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive. University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. "1992 Sidney Sax Medallist - Dr Diana Horvath". Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) entry for Professor Diana Glen Horvath". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 12 June 1995. Retrieved 15 June 2020. For service to health administration and to medicine particularly through advancing medical teaching and medical research
  5. "Centenary Medal entry for Professor Diana Glen Horvath". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 January 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2020. For service to Australian society in business leadership
  6. "Professor Diana Horvath AO". Chris O'Brien Lifehouse. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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