Biographical entry Read, Leanna Christine
FTSE
- Occupation
- Biochemist
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.
Details
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
Related entries
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
Ailie Smith
Created: 17 March 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007