Biographical entry Read, Leanna Christine

Summary

Leanna Read was chief executive officer of the Co-operative Research Centre for Tissue Growth and Repair from 1999-2002. Her research interests included insulin-like growth factors. She has had over 80 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals.

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Events

1981

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry completed at Flinders University of South Australia

1995 - 2000

Career position - Member of the Federal Government's Industry Research and Development Board as well as Chair of the Board's Committee

1999 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1999 - 2002

Career position - Chief Executive Officer of the Co-operative Research Centre for Tissue Growth and Repair

2000

Award - Convocation Medal received from the Flinders University of South Australia

2000

Career position - Professorial Fellow at Flinders University of South Australia

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

• 'Read, Leanna Christine', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475822. Details

See also

• Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Victoria, 2001, 271 pp. Details