Person
Ferris, Allan Aveling (1912 - 1997)
- Born
- 21 October 1912
- Died
- 9 December 1997
- Occupation
- Microbiologist and Physician
Summary
Allan Ferris was Pathologist and Director of the Epidemiological Research Unit at Fairfield Hospital, Melbourne 1948-1970 and reader in microbiology at Monash University 1970-1977. In the early 1950s he established the first diagnostic virology laboratory in Australia which in 1956 was designated a Collaborating Centre for Virus Reference and Research by the World Health Organisation.
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Chronology
- 1936
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1937 - 1939
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer in some Melbourne hospitals
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Pneumoconiosis research in London
- 1940 - 1945
- Career position - Officer-in-charge of 104 Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory in New Guinea and later Pathologist to the 2/2 Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1945 - 1948
- Career position - Assistant Director of the Public Health Laboratory and Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Melbourne
- 1948 - 1970
- Career position - Pathologist and Director of the World Health Organisation Epidemiological Research Unit at Fairfield Hospital, Victoria
- 1970 - 1977
- Career position - Reader in Microbiology, Monash University, Alfred Hospital campus
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - President, Australian Society for Microbiology
- 1977 -
- Career position - Consultant Microbiologist with BRMS Laboratories
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- 'Ferris, Allan Aveling (1912-1997)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474909. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 21 November 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018