Justine R. Smith Explained

Justine R. Smith AM, FRANZCO, PhD is an Australian ophthalmic surgeon and vision researcher.^[1] She was awarded Member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to ophthalmology, particularly research and education" in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours.^[2] She received the Flinders University Alumni Convocation Medal in 2022,^[3] the Gold Medal of the International Ocular Inflammation Society in 2023,^[4] and the Joanne Angle Service Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in 2024.^[5]

Career and achievements

• Gold Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2013^[6]
• President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Board of Trustees 2013-2014^[7]
• Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences 2015^[8]
• Elected Chair of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis 2015^[9]
• President of the American Uveitis Society 2015-2016
• Elected Fellow of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology 2017^[10]
• Superstar of STEM (Science and Technology Australia) 2017^[11]
• Executive Vice President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Board of Trustees 2017-2022
• Chair of the International Council of the International Ocular Inflammation Society 2015-2023^[12]
• Editor-in-Chief of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2020-2023: the first woman ever to lead a top-tier (Q1) ophthalmology journal^[13]
• Investigator Grant (Leadership Level 3) from the National Heath and Medical Research Council 2024-2028^[14]

Selected publications

• Smith . JR . Levinson . RD . Holland . GN . Jabs . DA . Robinson . MR . Whitcup . SM . Rosenbaum . JT . 2001 . Differential efficacy of tumor necrosis factor inhibition in the management of inflammatory eye disease and associated rheumatic disease . Arthritis & Rheumatism . en . 45 . 3 . 252–257 . 10.1002/1529-0131(200106)45:3<252::AID-ART257>3.0.CO;2-5 . 0004-3591.
• Smith . JR . Rosenbaum . JT . Wilson . DJ . Doolittle . ND . Siegal . T . Neuwelt . EA . Pe'er . J . 2002 . Role of intravitreal methotrexate in the management of primary central nervous system lymphoma with ocular involvement . Ophthalmology . 109 . 9 . 1709–1716 . 10.1016/s0161-6420(02)01125-9 . 0161-6420.
• Smith . JR . Braziel . RM . Paoletti . S . Lipp . M . Uguccioni . M . Rosenbaum . JT . 2003 . Expression of B-cell–attracting chemokine 1 (CXCL13) by malignant lymphocytes and vascular endothelium in primary central nervous system lymphoma . Blood . en . 101 . 3 . 815–821 . 10.1182/blood-2002-05-1576 . 1528-0020.
• Smith . JR . Franc . DT . Carter . NS . Zamora . D . Planck . SR . Rosenbaum . JT . 2004 . Susceptibility of retinal vascular endothelium to infection withToxoplasma gondii tachyzoites . Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science . 45 . 4 . 1157–1161 . 10.1167/iovs.03-1105 . 1552-5783.
• Web site: Suhler . EB . Smith . JR . Wertheim . MS . Lauer . AK . Kurz . DE . Pickard . TD . Rosenbaum . JT . 2005 . A prospective trial of infliximab therapy for refractory uveitis: preliminary safety and efficacy outcomes . Archives of Ophthalmology . 10.1001/archopht.123.7.903.
• Abrey . LE . Batchelor . TT . Ferreri . AJM . Gospodarowicz . M . Pulczynski . EJ . Zucca . E . Smith . JR . Korfel . A . Soussain . C . DeAngelis . LM . Neuwelt . EA . O'Neill . BP . Thiel . E . Shenkier . T . Graus . F . 7 . 2005 . Report of an international workshop to standardize baseline evaluation and response criteria for primary CNS lymphoma . Journal of Clinical Oncology . en . 23 . 22 . 5034–5043 . 10.1200/JCO.2005.13.524 . 0732-183X.
• Jabs . DA . Nussenblatt . RB . Rosenbaum . JT . The Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group [50 members, including Smith JR] . 2005 . Standardization of uveitis nomenclature for reporting clinical data. Results of the First International Workshop . American Journal of Ophthalmology . 140 . 3 . 509–516 . 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.057 . 0002-9394 . 8935739 . 16196117.
• Smith . JR . Mackensen . F . Rosenbaum . JT . 2007 . Therapy insight: scleritis and its relationship to systemic autoimmune disease . Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology . en . 3 . 4 . 219–226 . 10.1038/ncprheum0454 . 1745-8390.
• Kleinman . ME . Yamada . K . Takeda . A . Chandrasekaran . V . Nozaki . M . Baffi . JZ . Albuquerque . RJC . Yamasaki . S . Itaya . M . Pan . Y . Appukuttan . B . Gibbs . D . Yang . Z . Karikó . K . Ambati . BK . 7 . 2008 . Sequence- and target-independent angiogenesis suppression by siRNA via TLR3 . Nature . en . 452 . 7187 . 591–597 . 10.1038/nature06765 . 1476-4687 . 2642938 . 18368052.
• Takeda . A . Baffi . JZ . Kleinman . ME . Cho . WG . Nozaki . M . Yamada . K . Kaneko . H . Albuquerque . RJC . Dridi . S . Saito . K . Raisler . BJ . Budd . SJ . Geisen . P . Munitz . A . Ambati . BK . 2009 . CCR3 is a target for age-related macular degeneration diagnosis and therapy . Nature . en . 460 . 7252 . 225–230 . 10.1038/nature08151 . 1476-4687 . 2712122 . 19525930.
• Varkey . Jay B. . Shantha . Jessica G. . Crozier . Ian . Kraft . Colleen S. . Lyon . G. Marshall . Mehta . Aneesh K. . Kumar . Gokul . Smith . Justine R. . Kainulainen . Markus H. . Whitmer . Shannon . Ströher . Ute . Uyeki . Timothy M. . Ribner . Bruce S. . Yeh . Steven . 2015-06-18 . Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence . New England Journal of Medicine . en . 372 . 25 . 2423–2427 . 10.1056/NEJMoa1500306 . 0028-4793. 4547451 .
• Oliver . Genevieve F. . Carr . Jillian M. . Smith . Justine R. . Emerging infectious uveitis: Chikungunya, dengue, Zika and Ebola: A review . Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology . en . 47 . 3 . 372–380 . 10.1111/ceo.13450 . 1442-6404.
• Yeh . Steven . Shantha . Jessica G. . Hayek . Brent . Crozier . Ian . Smith . Justine R. . 2018-10-03 . Clinical Manifestations and Pathogenesis of Uveitis in Ebola Virus Disease Survivors . Ocular Immunology and Inflammation . en . 26 . 7 . 1128–1134 . 10.1080/09273948.2018.1484493 . 0927-3948.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ORCID . 2024-07-25 . orcid.org.
2. Web site: Kings birthday honours list 2023 .
3. Web site: Flinders University . 2022-11-24 . Forging a positive path for young clinicians . 2024-08-19 . Flinders University Alumni Stories.
4. Web site: IOIS 2023 Scientific Programme . IOIS Opening Ceremony . 2024-08-21 . www.iois.info.
5. Web site: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology- 2024 Angle Award: Justine Smith . 2024-07-25 . www.arvo.org.
6. Web site: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology . 2013 ARVO Fellows . 2024-08-21 . www.arvo.org.
7. Web site: ARVO Joanne Angle award 2024 .
8. Web site: Support . GO Creative . 2022-01-28 . Fellowship AAHMS . 2024-07-25 . aahms.org . en-AU.
9. Web site: A-O-INT.org - Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Active Members . 2024-08-21 . en-US.
10. Web site: Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology . Fellows AAPPO . 2024-08-21 . en-US.
11. Web site: Professor Justine Smith . 2024-07-25 . Science and Technology Australia . en-AU.
12. Web site: International Ocular Inflammation Society . IOIS History - Executive Boards . 2024-08-21 . www.iois.info.
13. Cartwright . Victoria A. . Smith . Justine R. . 2024-03-07 . Women in ophthalmology . Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology . en . 52 . 2 . 133–134 . 10.1111/ceo.14352 . 1442-6404.
14. Web site: National Health & Medical Research Council . 2024-08-21 . Investigator Grant applications for funding commencing in 2024 .