Professor Elizabeth Gardiner is the Director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU, Canberra, Australia. She is Scientific Head of the National Platelet Referral and Research Centre at ANU and The Canberra Hospital. She has published 143 peer-reviewed research papers, commentaries and reviews in the area of platelet biochemistry and platelet function, particularly relevant to both thrombosis and bleeding in patients. She identified a novel mechanism for shedding of vascular receptors triggered by shear stress, enabling new capabilities in diagnostic and therapeutic reagent development.

She is a Trustee of the Thrombosis and Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ), co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Platelets, a Senior Associate Editor of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, and on the Editorial Board of Blood. She was awarded an Esteemed Career award by the International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2022) and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association (2024). She has held executive roles in the Australian Vascular Biology Society and National Association of Research Fellows (NARF).

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