ProfessorJulie Owens

Alfred Deakin Professor Julie Owens is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research at
Deakin University leading a portfolio that includes responsibility for:
Deakin Research
Deakin Research Innovations
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI)
Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2)

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research provides academic leadership to advance
Deakin's distinctive research and research training both nationally and
internationally. This includes research development, industry-focused
research and commercialisation and research promotion.

Prior to her appointment in 2018, Julie was Pro Vice Chancellor (Research
Strategy) at The University of Adelaide, a position she had held since 2015.
During that time, she acted in the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor for over
a year. Julie's previous roles there also included Associate Dean Research in
the Faculty of Health Sciences and Head of the School of Paediatrics and
Reproductive Health and prior to that, Associate Dean Research in the Faculty
of Sciences. Originally an ARC QEII Fellow and NHMRC Research Fellow, Julie
has a long list of strategic research leadership achievements including co-
establishing international research networks and establishing the South
Australian state wide Women's and Child Health Research Alliance with the
Women's and Child Health Network of hospitals. She has served in peer review
for the Academy, and Grant, Program and Fellowship Review Panels for the
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) and on the
College of Experts for the Australian Research Council (ARC); and as an
advocate for national research funding, policy and strategies as a Director of
the Australian Society for Medical Research.