Person

Mountford, Carolyn

Occupation: Medical scientist

Summary

Carolyn Mountford works in the Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, where she has been pioneering the use of magnetic resonance to detect subtle chemical changes in body cells that are the precursor to cancer.

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

Articles

Wahlquist, Asa, 'Carolyn Mountford: Unsung hero of science', WISENET Journal, 42 (November) (1996), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/ISSUE42/cancer2.htm. Details

Resources

'Mountford, Carolyn', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473787. Details

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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 16 September 2004

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