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

 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
 
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

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


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


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


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


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)


Dr P Jeffrey
Member of the Advisory Council of the Australian Science Festival
Member of the Canberra Cancerians Committee


Dr K Matthaei
Consultant for the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
Member of ANU Equity Diversity Consultative Group


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


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.


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


Dr P Sah
Convenor for Neuroscience Graduate Program
Convenor for JCSMR Neuroscience Seminar Program
Member, Discipline Committee for NH&MRC grants 2001

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


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


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


Dr SA Thomson
Co-organiser for the 2001 Australasian Society for Immunology Conference, Canberra


Dr D Tremethick
Invited analyst for Chemtract, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An organiser for the ComBio Meeting, Canberra


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


Dr HS Warren
Member of the Editorial Board of Immunology and Cell Biology


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



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


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