Person
Sutherland, Grant Robert (1945 - )
AC FAA FRS
- Born
- 2 June 1945
Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Cytogeneticist
Summary
Grant Robert Sutherland was the Director, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Adelaide Children's Hospital since 1975. He developed methods to allow the reliable observation of fragile sites on chromosomes. These studies culminated in the recognition of fragile X syndrome as the most common familial form of mental retardation.
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Chronology
- 1967
- Education - BSc, University of Melbourne
- 1967 - 1971
- Career position - Cytogeneticist, Chromosome Laboratory, Mental Health Authority, Melbourne
- 1971
- Education - MSc, University of Melbourne
- 1971 - 1974
- Career position - Cytogeneticist-in-Charge, Department of Pathology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
- 1972 - 1974
- Career position - Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh
- 1974
- Education - PhD, University of Edinburgh
- 1975 - 2002
- Career position - Director, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
- 1984
- Education - DSc, University of Edinburgh
- 1987 - 1989
- Career position - Vice-President, Human Genetics Society of Australasia
- 1989 - 1991
- Career position - President, Human Genetics Society of Australasia
- 1990 -
- Career position - Affiliate Professor, Departments of Paediatrics and Genetics, University of Adelaide
- 1992 - 2006
- Career position - Founder and Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Bionomics Ltd
- 1993 - 1997
- Career position - Chair, International Research School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chaee, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1994 -
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
- 1996 -
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 1996
- Award - Julian Wells Medal and Lecture, Australian Genome Conference Board
- 1996 - 1997
- Career position - President, Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)
- 1997 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1998
- Award - Australia Prize (in the field of Molecular Science) (joint), Australian Government
- 1998
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to science in the field of human genetics research and to the Human Genome Project and, in particular, for his contribution to the discovery of the importance of "fragile chromosomes" in the field of inherited diseases
- 2001
- Award - Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research, Ramaciotti Foundation
- 2001
- Award - Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in human genetics and genomes
- 2001 - 2007
- Career position - Board Member, TGR Bioscience Pty Ltd
- 2002 - 2007
- Career position - Foundation Research Fellow, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
- 2005 -
- Career position - Director, New World Bio Ltd
- 2005 -
- Award - Honorary Member, European Cytogeneticists Association
- 2005 - 2008
- Career position - Director, CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies
- 2007 -
- Career position - Emeritus Geneticist, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
- 2007 -
- Career position - Director, Thesan plc
- 2013
- Award - MD honoris causa, University of Adelaide
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Sutherland, Grant R., From chromosome to gene : the technological revolution in human genetics (St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland, 1986), 14 pp. Details
- Sutherland, Grant R.; and Hecht, Frederick, Fragile sites on human chromosomes (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985), 314 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Sutherland, Grant R., 'The history and development of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia', Twin research and human genetics, 11 (4) (2008), 363-76. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21166754. Details
- 'Sutherland, Grant Robert (1945 - )', Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017], Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, 2017, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171113020036/http://www.science.gov.au/community/PrimeMinistersPrizesforScience/Recipients/1990-1999/Pages/GrantSutherland.aspx. Details
- 'Sutherland, Grant R (1945-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-509081. Details
See also
- Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/macfarlane-burnet-medal-and-lecture. Details
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 10 November 2022