Outreach
Academics from the John Curtin School of Medical
Research reviewed grants and manuscripts, were involved in thesis examinations, served as consultants, and gave guest and invited lectures and media interviews. Other service, in 2001, to outside organisations appears below :
- Prof GL Ada
- Chairman of the Vaccine Working Group, National Centre in
HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR), Sydney
Member of the Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee
Member of the Programme Advisory Committee and Programme Executive
Committee of the Australian HIV Vaccine Consortium ( Director,
Professor David Cooper, Head of NCHECR)
Scientific patron of the Austin Research Institute, Melbourne
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- Dr R Baker
- Director and Vice-President of Genome Conference Inc
Director of the Australian Society for Medical Research
Chair of the Program Committee for ComBio Conference, Canberra,
2001
Convenor of the first Australian Workshop on Ubiquitin-dependent
Proteolysis
Expert consultant to the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee, London.
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- Dr SAF Bain
- Vice President, Australian Veterinarians in Ethics Research
and Teaching
Member, Animal Welfare Advisory Committee to ACT Government
ACT Rep on the NEC of the Aust&NZ Soc for Laboratory Animal
Science
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- Dr J Banyer
- Participant in the CSIRO 2001 Student Research scheme and
the Australian Institute of Sport Student Work Experience scheme.
- Dr J Bekkers
- ACT Representative on the Council of the Australian Neuroscience
Society
Consultant for Axon Instruments Inc, Union
City, California
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- Prof RV Blanden
- Member of the Editorial Boards of Immunology and Cell Biology,
and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Biotechnology
Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Centre
in HIV Virology Research.
ANU representative on the Participant Council of the CRC for Pest
Animal Control
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- Prof S Easteal
- Editor Molecular Biology and Evolution
Chair, Board of Directors, Australian Association for Bioinformatics
Member, Advisory Board, Sydney University Biological Informatics
and Technology Centre.
Member, Research Committee, Australian Institute of Sport.
Member, Advisory Committee, NHMRC Centre for Mental Health Research
Chair, Management Committee, Australian Partnership for Bioinformatics
Member, Bioinformatics Industry Opportunity Taskforce, Department
of Industry, Science and Resources
Member, NHMRC Genetics Project Grant Review Panel
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Entigen Inc, Sunnyvale, California
Councillor, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Member, Organizing Committee, Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics,
Atami, Japan
Member, Organizing Committee, Frank and Bobbier Fenner Conference
on Bioinformation Science
Member, Organizing Committee, XIX International Congress of Genetics
- Dr P Foster
- Associate editor, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Member of the executive committee of the International Eosinophil
Society
Member of working group for the basic science section of the International
Eosinophil Meeting, Banf, 2001
Member of Stage 2 review of CRC for asthma
- Dr C Freeman
- Co-convenor of the Silver Jubilee meeting for the Matrix Biology
Society of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra
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Prof PW Gage
- President of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological
Society
Member of the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Cellular
and Molecular Neurobiology
Member, Scientific Board of the Motor Neurone Disease Research
Institute of Australia
- Prof C Goodnow
- Member, Australian Society for Immunology
Member, American Association of Immunologists
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member of a number of advisory boards including - Appointments
and Promotions Committee, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute: Scientific
Advisory Board, Australian Genome Research Facility and the Scientific
Advisory Board, Illumina, Inc., San Diego; Scientific Advisory
Board, Genome Institute of the Novartis Foundation, San Diego
Member of Editorial Boards of the Journal of Experimental Medicine,
Immunological Reviews, International Immunology, Current Biology,
and Genome Biology
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Dr J Gready
- Chairman of organizing committee for 7th Australian Molecular
Modelling Workshop (MM2001)
A Symposium organizer for ComBio2001 (Canberra)
Convenor of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology Bioinformatics Special Interest Group
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Prof IA Hendry
- Science advisor on the board of the Wenkart Foundation
Member of the John James Memorial Ethics Committee
Member of the editorial board of International Journal of Developmental
Neuroscience
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Dr CE Hill
- Member of the NHMRC Training Awards Committee
Organiser of Symposium entitled Vascular Connectivity and Function,
7th World Congress for Microcirculation, Sydney, Australia
NSW and ACT representative for the ANZ Microcirculation Society
Presenter of prizes for National Grand Final of World of Trivia,
held for Grade 6 students from around Australia, in aid of Epilepsy
and Muscular Dystrophy
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Prof DA Jans
- Member, the Joint Commission for the Selection of Candidates
for Italian Govt. Scholarships Delivered
lectures and practical classes in 3rd year Biochemistry (BC3020)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dept, at James Cook University
of North Queensland, Townsville
Member of the editorial boards of the Australasian Journal of
Cancer (2000-) and Current Drug Targets (2001)
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Dr P Jeffrey
- Member of the Advisory Council of the Australian Science Festival
Member of the Canberra Cancerians Committee
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Dr K Matthaei
- Consultant for the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
Member of ANU Equity Diversity Consultative Group
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Dr P McCullagh
- President of the National Brain Injury Foundation
Member of the NHMRC Working Party on the Persistent Vegetative
State
Honorary medical adviser to the Vietnam Veterans Association of
Australia, Legacy and the Returned and Services League of Australia
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Prof C Parish
- Editor-in-Chief of Immunology and Cell Biology
Member, Panel of Evaluators of Current Drugs
Member, Medical Research Advisory Committee of the Australian
Cancer Research Foundation.
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Prof SJ Redman
- Member, Editorial Boards of Journal of Neurophysiology,
Synapse, Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Neuroreport,
Trends in Neuroscience, Journal of Computational Neuroscience,
European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
and Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
Chair of an NH&MRC Discipline Panel
Member of the Wellcome Trust interviewing Committee for International
Fellowships
Deputy Chair of the Gordon Conference on Synaptic Transmission
to be held in 2002
Member of Executive Committee of the International Brain Research
Organization
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Prince of Wales
Medical Research Institute
Australian National University representative for the National
Health Sciences Centre
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Dr P Sah
- Convenor for Neuroscience Graduate Program
Convenor for JCSMR Neuroscience Seminar Program
Member, Discipline Committee for NH&MRC grants 2001
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Dr C Simeonovic
- Member of the Editorial Board of Cell Transplantation
Elected member of Council, the Transplantation Society of Australia
and New Zealand
Member of the Local Organising Committee for The Canberra Hospital
8th Annual Scientific Meeting, the Canberra Hospital 2001
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Dr R Slattery
- Organizer of 7th Autoimmunity Workshop
Contributor to lay community for diabetes awareness
Invited speaker, Canberra Diabetes Group
Invited speaker Official Corporate Launch Walk for the Cure
Invited speaker to launch local JDRF chapter in Griffith
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Dr G Stuart
- Guest lecturer in Biol3101 (ANU)
Teacher at the International Brain Research Organisation
School of Neuroscience in Hong Kong
Australian Neuroscience Society representative at the Federation
of Australian Scientific Societies Science meets Parliament
Day
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Dr SA Thomson
- Co-organiser for the 2001 Australasian Society for Immunology
Conference, Canberra
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Dr D Tremethick
- Invited analyst for Chemtract, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
An organiser for the ComBio Meeting, Canberra
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Dr B Walmsley
- Associate editor, Neuroscience Letters
Co-organiser (with Professors SJ Redman and B Sakmann), IUPS International
Satellite Symposium of Synaptic Transmission, Herron Island, Australia
Lecturer in the Department of Physiology,
University of New South Wales
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Dr HS Warren
- Member of the Editorial Board of Immunology and Cell Biology
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Prof JA Whitworth
- Chairman, High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
Honorary Ambassador for Canberra
Member, NHMRC Discipline Panel
Member, NHMRC Program Grant Interview Committee
Chair, Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Medical
Advisory Board
Trustee, Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research
Member, WHO Global Advisory Committee on Health Research
Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Stroke, World Heart Foundation
Member, Canberra Clinical School Board of Studies
Co-Chair, WHO/ISH Guidelines Writing Committee
Member, WHO/ISH Liaison Committee
Honorary Advisory Board, Australian & New Zealand Journal
of Medicine
Member, Review Panel for Centres of Clinical Excellence in Hospital
Based Research Program Evaluation Committee
Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Health Science & Technology
Policy
Member, Task Force on Cardiovascular Disease Education for Women,
Joint World Heart Federation/WHO
Member, Committee of Deans of Australasian Medical Schools
Chair, Research & Development Advisory Committee, Institute
for International Health
Chair, Mental Health Initiative Advisory Group, Colonial Foundation
Limited
External Research Advisor, University of Tasmania
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Dr DO Willenborg
- Member of the International Advisory Board, International
Society of Neuroimmunology Editorial Board member of Journal
of Neuroimmunology and Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental
Neurology
Associate Editor, Journal of Immunology
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Prof IG Young
- An editor of the journal DNA Sequence
Consultant to Boehringer-Ingelheim
Member of the Biological Defence Advisory Committee of the Department
of Defence
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