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Suzanne Cory
Suzanne Cory
Born	March 11 1942; Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australia
Awards	L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2001) ; Royal Medal (2002)
	Scientific career
Fields	genetics and the immune system
Institutions	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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Suzanne Cory, AC, FAA, FRS (born March 11 1942) is an Australian biologist.

She was the director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), from 1996 until 30 June 2009 and remains a faculty member, having rejoined the institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division. She was awarded a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2001 and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 2002. In 2009, it was announced a new select entry state school that would be opened in Werribee in 2011 will be named after Suzanne Cory, respectively named Cory High School.

She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist Professor Jerry Adams, also a WEHI scientist, whom she met in her post-doctoral years.

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Biography and Research overview & Publication list on the WEHI web site when she was sixty

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 She was the director of the [[Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research]] (WEHI), from 1996 until 30 June 2009 and remains a faculty member, having rejoined the institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division. She was awarded a [[L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science|L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science]] in 2001 and the [[Royal Medal]] of the [[Royal Society]] in 2002. In 2009, it was announced a new select entry state school that would be opened in Werribee in 2011 will be named after Suzanne Cory, respectively named [[Cory High School]].
-She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist [[Professor Jerry Adams]], also a WEHI scientist, whom she met in her post-doctoral years.
+She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist Professor [[Jerry Adams]], also a WEHI scientist, whom she met in her post-doctoral years.
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