Biographical entry Miller, Jacques Francis Albert Pierre (1931 - )

Summary

Jacques Miller is Professor Emeritus at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) and at the University of Melbourne. He was Head of Experimental Pathology Unit at the WEHI (1966-1996) and is recognised as having discovered the function of the thymus. Miller and his PhD student Graham Mitchell proved the existence and function of T cells and B cells, which has significantly opened up whole new fields for the study of immunology, including the study of cancer, autoimmune disease, transplantation and HIV and AIDS. Jacques Miller continues to be one of the most respected research thymus biologists in the world and has received many, many accolades and awards including the Florey Medal 2000; the 2001 Copley Medal and Prize of the Royal Society, London; the 2003 Prime Minister's Prize for Science; and an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO).

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1953

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc Med) completed at the University of Sydney

1955

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney

1956

Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney

1957

Award - Reginald Maney Lake and Amy Laura Bonamy Scholarship for Pathological Research received from the University of Sydney

1958 - 1959

Career position - Gaggin Research Fellow at the Chester Beatty Research Institute, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital in London

1960

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London

1960 - 1963

Career position - Lecturer at the Chester Beatty Research Institute

1964

Career position - Eleanor Roosevelt International Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA

1965

Career position - Reader in Experimental Pathology at the University of London

1965

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of London

1966

Award - Britannica Australia Award received

1966 - 1996

Career position - Head of the Department of Experimental Pathology (later renamed Thymus Biology Unit) at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkville, Victoria

1970 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1970 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), England

1971

Award - Burnet Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1978

Award - Sir William Upjohn Medal for distinguished services to Medicine, University of Melbourne received

1981

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1985

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne

1990

Award - Inaugural Sandoz Prize for Immunology received

1990

Award - Inaugural Peter Medawar Prize received from the Transplantation Society

1990 - 1996

Career position - Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Melbourne

1992

Award - Croonian Lecturer for the Royal Society

2000

Award - Florey Medal received

2001

Award - Copley Medal and Prize received from the Royal Society, London

2003

Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Science received

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Anderson, Warwick, '"The right time and the right place": an interview with Jacques Miller', Health and History, vol. 18, no. 1, 2016, pp. 137-58. Details

Online Resources

• Fenner, Frank, 'Interview with Professor Jacques Miller', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 27 October 1999, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/m/jm.html. Details
• 'Miller, Jacques Francis Albert Pierre (1931-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476122. Details