| 1968 - 1971 | Resident Medical Officer and Registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1972 | Senior Registrar at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide |
| 1973 | Winthrop Travelling Fellowship received from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| 1973 - 1974 | Research Fellow at the Tenon Hospital in Paris, France |
| 1974 | Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne |
| 1974 - 1975 | Visiting Registrar at Guys Hospital, London |
| 1975 - 1977 | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Scholar at the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, Melbourne |
| 1978 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne |
| 1978 - 1981 | Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1982 - 1991 | Nephrologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1983 - 1991 | Chairman of the Board of Postgraduate Education of the Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1984 | President of the Australian Society of Medical Research |
| 1984 | Smith Kline and French Award received from the International Society of Hypertension |
| 1984 - 1993 | Councilor of the Royal Australian College of Physicians |
| 1985 | Naturalia et Biologia Fellow at Tenon Hospital in Paris, France |
| 1985 | Visiting Scientist at the MRCH Blood Pressure Unit in Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1987 - 1991 | Professorial Associate at the University of Melbourne |
| 1990 | Howard Florey Medal received |
| 1990 - 1991 | Deputy Director of the Department of Nephrology at theRoyal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1990 - 1993 | Member of the Nomination Committee of the International Society of Nephrology |
| 1991 - | Honorary Consultant at the Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1991 - 1996 | Member of the NHMRC Medical Research Committee |
| 1991 - 1997 | Head of the Department of Medicine at the St George Hospital, New South Wales |
| 1991 - 1999 | Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales |
| 1992 | Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne |
| 1992 - 1997 | Councillor of the International Society of Hypertension |
| 1994 | Royal Australasian College of Physicians Medal received |
| 1994 - 1996 | Chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Committee (NMRC) |
| 1997 - 1999 | Chief Medical Officer for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services |
| 1998 - 2000 | Vice-President of the International Society of Hypertension |
| 1999 - | Director of John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University |
| 1999 - 2001 | President of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia |
| 2000 - | Member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Advisory Committee on Health Research |
| 2000 - | Life member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology |
| 2001 | Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) |
| 2002 | Telstra ACT Business Woman of the Year award received |
| 2002 - 2004 | Director of Anutech Pty. Ltd. |
| 2003 - | Member of Council of the NHMRC |
| 2003 | Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government |
| 2004 | Doctor of Medicine (MD) Honoris Causa received from the University of Sydney |
| 2004 | Australian of the Year - Australian Capital Territory winner |
