2009 Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia for her services to medical science[3] 2009 Fellow of Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering[20] 2011 Western Australian Women's Hall of Fame[21] 2012 Governor's Award for Giving 2013 Inducted into WA Science Hall of Fame[22] 2015 WA Australian of the Year[23] 2015 RiAus Honorary Bragg Membership[24] 2014 Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International[25] 2018 Honorary Doctor of Science ANU[26] 2019 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[5]