Person

Wilson, Susan Ruth (1948 - 2020)

Born
19 March 1948
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
16 March 2020
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Statistician

Summary

Susan Wilson was one of Australia's leading researchers in biological statistics and bioinformatics. Her early interest statistical genetics developed further into biostatistics, population health and bioinformatics. She also worked on establishing rigorous statistical techniques for analysing and interpreting the large-scale genomic data that underpins much current biological research. Wilson was for many years at the Australian National University, being Professor of Statistical Science from 1994 to 2008. She was co-founder and Director of the Centre for Bioinformatic Science, a joint research centre between School of Mathematical Sciences and John Curtin School of Medical Research. In 2003 she played a leading role in the establishment of the annual Summer Symposia in Bioinformatics, now a major educational meeting for graduate students and early career researchers in bioinformatics.

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Chronology

1966
Award - Tim Brown Prize for Mathematical Statistics, University of Sydney
1968
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
1972
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University
1972 - 1974
Career position - Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK
1974 - 1976
Career position - Research Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra
1975
Award - Peter William Stroud Prize, Australian National University
1976 - 1984
Career position - Fellow, Australian National University
1979
Career position - Member of the International Statistic Institute
1979
Career position - Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
1982
Career position - Guest Professor, Technical University in Vienna, Austria
1983
Career position - Visiting Fellow, Science and Engineering Research Council, UK
1984 - 1994
Career position - Senior Fellow, Australian National University
1991
Career position - Fellow, American Statistics Association
1993 - 1997
Career position - Editor, Institute of Mathematical Statistics bulletin
1994 -
Career position - Professor of Statistical Science in the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University
1995
Career position - Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1998 - 2000
Career position - President, International Biometric Society
2001 - 2008
Career position - Director, Centre for Bioinformation Sciences, Australian National University
2008 - 2014
Career position - Visiting Fellow, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University
2009 - ?
Career position - Professor of Biostatistics, Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
2009 - ?
Career position - Honorary Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales
2011
Award - Inaugural E. A. (Alf) Cornish Award (jointly), Australasian Region, International Biometric Society
2012 - 2020
Award - Honorary Life Member, International Biometric Society
2015 - 2020
Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
2016 - 2020?
Career position - Senior Statistical Consultant, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales
2017 - 2020
Career position - Inaugural Senior Fellow, Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Susan R. Wilson - Records, 1966 - 1968, MS 128; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
  • Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Journal Articles

  • Wilson, S. R., 'Patrick A.P. Moran, 1917-1988: in Memorium', Genetic Epidemiology, 6 (1989), 397-398. Details

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See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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