Premier’s Science Awards Finalist Spotlight: Professor Asha Bowen OAM, Mid-Career Scientist of the Year. Professor Bowen is Head of the Healthy Skin & ARF Prevention team at The Kids and a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Perth Children’s Hospital. She has dedicated her career to reducing the burden of skin infections for Aboriginal children and is one of Australia’s leading clinician-scientists. Professor Bowen led the landmark SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) Skin Sores and Scabies Trial in partnership with nine remote Kimberley communities, Australia’s largest community-wide skin infection program, which halved the prevalence of skin sores. She also envisioned and led the National Healthy Skin Guidelines, first released in 2018 and updated in 2023, which has been downloaded more than 15,000 times worldwide and transformed how healthcare workers diagnose and treat skin infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. 💡 The Premier’s Science Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding scientific research and engagement taking place in Western Australia - and are a keystone in the WA Government’s efforts to raise the profile of science. 👏 We extend our congratulations to all the 2025 finalists. The winners will be revealed at the Premier’s Science Awards ceremony in November.
