Professor Sarah Hilmer (BScMed(Hons) MBBS(Hons) FRACP PhD FAHMS) is an academic geriatrician and clinical pharmacologist. She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to clinical and geriatric pharmacology in 2022. Hilmer’s transdisciplinary research program in Ageing and Pharmacology at the Kolling Institute investigates the effects of medications, particularly when used in polypharmacy regimens, in ageing and frailty. Her clinical, research, education and policy work all aim to improve outcomes of prescribing and deprescribing for older people.