Justine R. Smith
Australian ophthalmologist
Justine R. Smith AM is an Australian ophthalmic surgeon and vision researcher. Today she is based at Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, Australia. Smith was awarded Member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to ophthalmology, particularly research and education" in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours. She received the Flinders University Alumni Convocation Medal in 2022, the Gold Medal of the International Ocular Inflammation Society in 2023, and the Joanne Angle Service Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in 2024.
Career and achievements
Gold Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2013
President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Board of Trustees 2013-2014
Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences 2015
Elected Chair of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis 2015
President of the American Uveitis Society 2015-2016
Chair of the International Council of the International Ocular Inflammation Society 2015-2023
Elected Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology 2017
Superstar of STEM (Science and Technology Australia) 2017
Executive Vice President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Board of Trustees 2017-2022
Editor-in-Chief of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2020-2023: the first woman ever to lead a top-tier (Q1) ophthalmology journal
Investigator Grant (Leadership Level 3) from the National Heath and Medical Research Council 2024-2028
Selected publications
Smith, Justine R.; Levinson, Ralph D.; Holland, Gary N. (2001). "Differential efficacy of tumor necrosis factor inhibition in the management of inflammatory eye disease and associated rheumatic disease". Arthritis Care and Research. 45: 252–257.
Smith, Justine R.; Rosenbaum, James T.; Wilson, David J. (2002). "Role of intravitreal methotrexate in the management of primary central nervous system lymphoma with ocular involvement".
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