Prof Stephen Davis

Professor Stephen Davis is the Professor of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne, Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is a Past-President of the World Stroke Organization (WSO), Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists and the Stroke Society of Australia. He Co-Chairs the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit Program (with Geoffrey Donnan).

He was elected as an inaugural fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015. He was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) in 2021 for his stroke research, leadership and medical education. He has numerous international awards including the International Cooperation Contribution Award from the Chinese Stroke Association 2019, the World Stroke Organization Leadership Award 2018 and the William Feinberg Award 2011 from the American Stroke Association.

His research has focussed on acute therapy for both ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, particularly the use of advanced imaging in selection of therapy. He has led trials of reperfusion therapies for ischemic stroke and therapies to reduce hematoma growth in acute ICH. He Co-Chairs (with Geoffrey Donnan) the Australian Stroke Alliance, aiming to deliver pre-hospital stroke care to rural and remote Australians using novel, lightweight, portable brain scanners.