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Angus, James Alexander (1949 - )

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Pharmacologist
Born: 15 February 1949  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
James Alexander Angus has worked at many of Victoria’s leading research institutes and in 2003 was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this he was Deputy Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute in Victoria (1990-1992) and then held the Personal Chair in Pharmacology at Monash University for eleven years. Angus has been a member of a great many Australian scientific committees and societies and has been involved in numerous national and international scientific meetings.
Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/welcome/deansprofile.html

Chronology
1970Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Sydney
1973Research Fellow at the Hallstrom Institute of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney (six months)
1974Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney
1975 - 1976Senior Research Officer at the Baker Medical Research Institute in Prahran, Victoria
1977 - 1979C.J. Martin Travelling Fellow at University College (1977) and The Wellcome Research Laboratories (1978) in the UK and at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1980 - 1981Senior Research Officer at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1981 - 1989Research Fellow, then Senior Research Fellow then Principal Research Fellow at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1984Alfred Gottschalk Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1989 - 1993Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1990 - 1992Deputy Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute
1991 - 1997Member of the Murdoch Institute for Birth Defects Board in Melbourne
1992Personal Chair in Pharmacology at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria (ten months)
1993 - Member of the Poisons Advisory Committee of the Victorian Department of Health and Community Services
1994 - Member of the Queensland Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Griffith University
1994 - Member of the National Committee for Pharmacology at the Australian Academy of Science
1996 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1998 - Member of the Executive Council of the International Union of Pharmacology
1998 - 2003Member of the Microsurgery Foundation Board at St Vincent's Hospital
2001 - 2004Councillor of the Australian Academy of Science
2002 - First Vice-President of the International Union of Pharmacology
2003 - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne
2003Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government
2004 - Member of the Melbourne Health Board
2004 - Board member of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

 
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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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