Trounson, Alan Osborne

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Medical scientist

Alan Osborne Trounson is a renowned embryologist who pioneered the technique of successful freezing and thawing human embryos. He is Scientific Director of Monash IVF which he founded and was part of the team who produced Australia's first 'test-tube baby' (1980). Tounson acquired his skill of embryo transfer while under taking a three year postdoctoral post at the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biochemistry in Cambridge, UK. He is Professor and Personal Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Director of the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria. He was also a Deputy Head of the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development (now the Monash Institute of Medical Research).

Career Highlights

URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.monashivf.edu.au/about/trounson.html

Chronology
1974 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney
1974 - 1976 Dalgety International Research Fellowship at the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biochemistry in Cambridge, UK
1977 - Joined the Monash's research team at the Queen Victoria Medical Centre
1983 First frozen embryo baby born in Australia
1985 Director of the Centre for Early Human Development at Monash University
1990 - ? Deputy Director of the Institute of Reproduction and Development
1991 - Personal Chair at Monash University
1991 - Professor and Personal Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University
1994 Wellcome (Australia) Medal received
1994 Patrick Steptoe Memorial Medal received from the British Fertility Society
1995 Benjamin Henry Sheares Medal received from the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, Singapore.
2004 Bertarelli Foundation Award in Reproductive Health

Collaborator

Johnston, Walter Ian Harewood (Ian) (1930 - 2001)

Colleague

Wood, Edwin Carlyle (1929 - )

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Created: 27 September 2006

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