Person

Sutherland, Grant Robert (1945 - )

AC FAA FRS

Born
2 June 1945
Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Cytogeneticist

Summary

Grant Robert Sutherland was the Director, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Adelaide Children's Hospital since 1975. He developed methods to allow the reliable observation of fragile sites on chromosomes. These studies culminated in the recognition of fragile X syndrome as the most common familial form of mental retardation.

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Chronology

1967
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1967 - 1971
Career position - Cytogeneticist, Chromosome Laboratory, Mental Health Authority, Melbourne
1971
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1971 - 1974
Career position - Cytogeneticist-in-Charge, Department of Pathology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
1972 - 1974
Career position - Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh
1974
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
1975 - 2002
Career position - Director, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
1984
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Edinburgh
1987 - 1989
Career position - Vice-President, Human Genetics Society of Australasia
1989 - 1991
Career position - President, Human Genetics Society of Australasia
1990 -
Career position - Affiliate Professor, Departments of Paediatrics and Genetics, University of Adelaide
1992 - 2006
Career position - Founder and Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Bionomics Ltd
1993 - 1997
Career position - Chair, International Research School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chaee, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1994 -
Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
1996 -
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1996
Award - Julian Wells Medal and Lecture, Australian Genome Conference Board
1996 - 1997
Career position - President, Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)
1997 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1998
Award - Australia Prize (in the field of Molecular Science) (joint), Australian Government
1998
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to science in the field of human genetics research and to the Human Genome Project and, in particular, for his contribution to the discovery of the importance of "fragile chromosomes" in the field of inherited diseases
2001
Award - Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research, Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation
2001
Award - Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in human genetics and genomes
2001 - 2007
Career position - Board Member, TGR Bioscience Pty Ltd
2002 - 2007
Career position - Foundation Research Fellow, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
2005 -
Career position - Director, New World Bio Ltd
2005 -
Award - Honorary Member, European Cytogeneticists Association
2005 - 2008
Career position - Director, CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies
2007 -
Career position - Emeritus Geneticist, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
2007 -
Career position - Director, Thesan plc
2013
Award - MD honoris causa, University of Adelaide

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Books

  • Sutherland, Grant R., From chromosome to gene : the technological revolution in human genetics (St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland, 1986), 14 pp. Details
  • Sutherland, Grant R.; and Hecht, Frederick, Fragile sites on human chromosomes (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985), 314 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Sutherland, Grant R., 'The history and development of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia', Twin research and human genetics, 11 (4) (2008), 363-76. Details

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