Anna-Maria Arabia
Anna-Maria Arabia is the CEO of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS), Australia’s peak body in science and technology which represents more than 68,000 scientists Australia-wide.
Previously Anna-Maria was a senior policy advisor to Anthony Albanese, Federal Infrastructure Minister, and was social policy advisor to former Labor Leader, Kim Beazley. She has worked in policy roles in the Dept of Health and Ageing in Canberra and collaborated with the Italian Government to foster cooperation in science and technology between Australia and Italy.
Anna-Maria is a trained scientist completing a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne and has undertaken doctoral research at the Baker Heart Research Institute in Melbourne, and the Mario Negri Pharmacological Research Institute in Milan. Follow her on twitter: @ayyemm
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Won’t someone, please, think of the scientists?
Over the last few weeks a disturbing trend has come to pass. Those sitting on both the left and right…... Read more
Science; it’s not just lab coats and specimen jars
Are you reading this piece using wi-fi? You wouldn’t be if Australian scientists had not invented technology that wirelessly connects…... Read more
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