Mark Febbraio

Mark Anthony Febbraio is a physiologist, academic and researcher. He is a professor and head of the Cellular and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) of Monash University and a Senior Principal Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

Febbraio's research focuses on the mechanisms linked to exercise, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cancer, to develop drugs to treat lifestyle-related diseases. He has received several awards including the 1999 A K McIntyre Prize for significant contributions to Australian Physiological Science, the 2017 Kellion Award from the Australian Diabetes Society (ADS), the 2020 UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research from the Australian Museum, the 2020 GSK Award for Research Excellence, the 2021 International Medal from the Society for Endocrinology and the Kirsten and Freddy Johansen Rigshospitalet International Award for Danish Medical Science.

Febbraio has delivered several named lectures, including the Colin I Johnson Lectureship by the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (2006), the ESA/ADS Joint Plenary Lecture (2009), the Sandford Skinner Oration (2011), The Kellion Lecture (2017) and The AuPS Invited Lecture 2024. He is The Deputy Editor in Chief of the ''Journal of Sport & Health Sciences''. Provided by Wikipedia