Melissa Little

Quick Facts

Full Name	Melissa Little
Occupation	Researcher
Date Of Birth	Dec 5, 1963(1963-12-05)
Age	61
Birthplace	Brisbane
Country	Australia
Birth City	Queensland
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Melissa Little Biography

Melissa Little is one of the most popular and richest Researcher who was born on December 5, 1963 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

In the late 1990s, Little was a member of the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research, chaired by Peter Wills. This review proposed a Virtuous Cycle between research, government and the commercial sector . As a result of these recommendations, the budget of the National Health and Medical Research Council was doubled over the next 10 years. She went on to serve on the Implementation Committee of that review and served under Robin Batterham, Chief Scientist, to identify strategic priorities across Australian science. A member of the NHMRC Research Committee for 6 years, she was also a member of the most recent review of health and medical research, chaired by Simon McKeon, which led to the establishment of the Medical Research Future Fund and the Biomedical Translation Fund.

She is internationally recognized both for her work on the systems biology of kidney development and also for her pioneering studies into potential regenerative therapies in the kidney. In 2015, Professor Melissa Little and her team at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute produced the world’s first kidney in a dish. Known today as kidney organoids, this research has become a foundation of ongoing work to find a regenerative solution for kidney disease.

Melissa Little Net Worth

Melissa Little is one of the richest Researcher from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Melissa Little 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Melissa Little was born in Brisbane, Australia on 5 December 1963, the middle daughter of three girls. Her father, Ian Little, was a soils chemist with the CSIRO Cunningham laboratories. She graduated from Kenmore State High School in

1980. She completed her BSc at the University of Queensland with 1st Class Honours in Physiology in 1984. Her PhD studies were performed in the laboratory of Professor Peter Smith at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research enrolled through Biochemistry at the University of Queensland (conferred 1990). An alumnus of The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Melissa worked for more than 20 years at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, where her research focused on the molecular basis of kidney development, renal disease and repair. In 2004 she graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Facts & Trivia

Karl Ranked on the list of most popular Researcher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Melissa Little celebrates birthday on December 5 of every year.

Top Facts about Melissa Little

1. Melissa Little is an Australian scientist and academic born in 1963.
2. She is a Professor at the University of Melbourne.
3. Little’s research focuses on kidney development and disease.
4. She has published over 200 scientific papers.
5. In 2019, she was awarded the prestigious Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation.
6. Little is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
7. Her work has led to breakthroughs in stem cell research for kidney regeneration.
8. She received her PhD from Monash University in 1990.
9. Little has collaborated with researchers around the world, including in China and Japan.
10. She advocates for more diversity in STEM fields to promote innovation and progress.