Person
Penny, Ronald (1936 - )
AO
- Born
- 1936
- Occupation
- Physician and Immunologist
Summary
Ronald Penny is a clinical immunologist who was the inaugural Director of St Vincent's Hospital's Centre for Immunology in Sydney. The Centre was formed from Penny's Clinical Immunology Unit at the at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - the first to be established in New South Wales. In 1982 the Centre became the first to identify Australia's first case of HIV-AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Since then Penny has been a frontrunner in AIDS research in Australia.
Skip to
Details
Chronology
- 1960s
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of New South Wales
- 1960
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1965
- Career position - Began specialising in immunology
- 1979
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of New South Wales
- 1983 -
- Career position - Inaugural Director of St Vincent's Hospital's Centre for Immunology in Sydney
- 1985
- Career position - Established Australia's first AIDS unit, St Vincent's Hospital
- 1988 -
- Career position - Personal Chair in Clinical Immunology at the University of New South Wales
- 1993
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
Published resources
Books
- Murray, James, Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health (Edgecliff, NSW: Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd], 1997), 160 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Penny, Ronald (1936-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-863640. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 11 September 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011