Person

Woolcock, Ann Janet (1937 - 2001)

AO FAA

Born: 11 December 1937
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 17 February 2001
Occupation: Medical scientist

Summary

Ann Woolcock was Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Sydney 1984-2001. She was an expert on asthma.

Details

Chronology

1961: Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Adelaide Hospital
1961: Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Adelaide
1962: Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer, Broken Hill and District Hospital
1963: Career position - Research Fellow, Page Chest Pavillion, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1964 - 1968: Career position - Research Fellow, Page Chest Pavillion and Department of Medicine, University of Sydney
1967: Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney
1969: Career position - Senior Research Fellow, Asthma Foundation of New South Wales and the Department of Medicine, University of Sydney
1970: Career position - Basser Research Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1971: Career position - Visiting Medical Officer, Repatriation General Hospital in Concord
1971: Career position - Clinical Supervisor (medical), Repatriation General Hospital Concord
1973 - ?: Career position - Visiting Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1973: Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney
1973 - 1992: Career position - Board of Directors, Asthma Foundation of New South Wales
1975 - ?: Career position - Convenor, National Asthma Workshop
1975 - 1980: Career position - Chairman, Medical Coordinating Committee, Council of Asthma Foundations of Australia
1976 - 1984: Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney
1977 - ?: Career position - Head of the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1978 - ?: Career position - Board of Directors, Community Health and Anti-Tuberculosis Association of New South Wales
1984 - 2001: Career position - Professor of Respiratory Medicine (Personal Chair), University of Sydney
1985 - ?: Career position - Director, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1989: Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For service to medicine, particularly in the firled of respiratory medicine.
1992: Award - Life Governor, Asthma Foundation of New South Wales
1992 - 2001: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1993: Award - Fisons Medal, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Fellow 1992 - 2001
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )
Director, Institute of Respiratory Medicine 1985 - ?
The University of Sydney (1850 - )
Professor of Respiratory Medicine 1984 - 2001; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine 1976 - 1984
The University of Sydney (1850 - )
Professor of Respiratory Medicine (Personal Chair) 1984 - ?

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

Books

Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1999), 191 pp. Details

Journal Articles

Smith, Babette, 'Ann Janet Woolcock 1937-2001', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (2) (2014), 313-36, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14023. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17711341. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/48202671. Details
'Woolcock, Ann Janet (1937 - 2001)', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/ann-woolcock. Details
'Woolcock, A (1937-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-492774. Details

Resource Sections

Stone, Johnathon, 'Interview with Professor Ann Woolcock (1937-2001)', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2000, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-ann-woolcock-1937-2001. Details

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