Person

Gust, Ian David (1941 - )

AO FTSE

Born
15 January 1941
Occupation
Medical scientist, Science administrator and Virologist

Summary

Ian Gust is a virologist and medical researcher whose interests lie with the development of drugs and vaccines against viral infections. He is widely known for hs work on a vaccine against hepatitis A. For 20 years he was Medical Virologist at the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital and from 1885 to 1991 Director of the Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research. From there he went on to become Director of Research and Development at CSL Ltd. Gust has contributed significantly to advisory bodies in Australia and overseas, including as Commonwealth Chief Medical and Scientific Adviser on AIDS and Director of the National Hepatitis Reference Centre, and to a number of WHO committees on viruses and hepatitis. He served a term as President of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases.

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Chronology

1964
Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
1965
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Alfred Hospital
1966
Career position - Pathology Registrar at Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital
1967 - 1968
Career position - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1968
Education - Diploma of Bacteriology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1968 - 1969
Career position - WHO Fellow in the Regional Virus Laboratory in Glasgow, Scotland
1970 -
Career position - Director of the Collaborating Centre for Virus Reference and Research
1970 - 1990
Career position - Medical Virologist at the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital
1974
Career position - Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Viral Hepatitis
1975
Career position - Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Virus Diseases
1979
Career position - Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Viral Hepatitis
1979 - 1990
Career position - Director of the National Hepatitis Reference Centre
1980
Award - British Medical Association Prize for Research
1982
Award - Wellcome Australia Medal
1982
Award - Selwyn-Smith Medical Research Prize, University of Melbourne
1982
Career position - Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Viral Hepatitis
1985 - 1991
Career position - Professor and Director of Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital
1986 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1986 - 1988
Career position - President, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1986]
1988
Award - Advance Australia Award
1989 - 1992
Career position - Commonwealth Chief Medical and Scientific Adviser on AIDS
1990 -
Career position - Director of Research and Development at CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories)
1992 -
Career position - Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardisation
1992
Award - Norman Gregg Medal, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
1992
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to public health, particulary in the prevention of hepatitis and AIDS
1993
Award - Distinguished Research Prize in Gastroenterology, Gastroenterological Society of Australia
1998 - 2000
Career position - President, Australian Society for Microbiology
2000 -
Career position - Professorial Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
2001 -
Award - Honorary Life Member, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
2001 -
Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Society of Microbiology
2001 -
Career position - Director, Biota Holdings Ltd
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in physical biotechnology
2005 -
Career position - Member, Board of Trustees, Paediatric Dengue Fever Initiative, Seoul, South Korea
2006
Career position - Director, Opal Therapeutics
2014
Award - Doctor of Medical Science (DMedSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
2016
Award - Peter Wills Medal, Research Australia

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  • Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details

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