Person

Holman, Mollie Elizabeth (1930 - 2010)

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Born
18 June 1930
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died
20 August 2010
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physiologist

Summary

Mollie Holman was Senior Lecturer / Reader / Professor of Physiology, Monash University from 1963 till 1996. Her research interests included biophysics and pharmacology of muscle, especially visceral muscles including those of the gastro-intestinal and urino-genital tracts and of blood vessels; and sensory input to the central nervous system, studying the way in which the central nervous system deals with sensory input, especially that from the skin. The Mollie Holman Medal has been awarded by Monash University since 1998 (up to ten Medals per year) to doctoral candidates who have fulfilled their degree requirements and presented their Faculty's best thesis of the year.

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Chronology

1952
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1953 - 1954
Career position - Demonstrator in Pharmacology, University of Melbourne
1955
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1955 - 1957
Career position - Research student, University of Oxford, on a University of Melbourne Travelling Scholarship
1957
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) completed in Oxford
1957
Career position - Wellcome Research Grant in Oxford
1958 - 1962
Career position - Lecturer in Physiology, University of Melbourne
1960s
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Monash University
1962
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Melbourne
1963
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Monash University
1964
Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1965 - 1970
Career position - Reader in Physiology, Monash University
1968 - 1972
Career position - National Secretary, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
1970
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Monash University
1970 - 1996
Career position - Professor, Monash University
1970 - 2010
Career position - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1980 - 1983
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
1982 - 1983
Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science
1985
Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1986 - 1989
Career position - President, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
1996 -
Career position - Emeritus Professor, Monash University
1998
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to scientific research, particularly relating to the autonomic nervous system and the control of smooth muscle, and to education and university administration
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science
2007
Award - David de Kretser Award for contribution to Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health, Monash University

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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

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Mollie Holman', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 81 (2010), 11. Details
  • McLachlan, Elspeth M.; and Hirst, G. David S., 'Mollie Elizabeth Holman 1930-2010', Historical Records of Australian Science, 24 (2) (2013), 242-50, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR13001. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

Theses

  • Carey, Jane, 'Departing from their sphere: Australian women and science, 1880-1960', PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne, 2003, 356 pp. Details

See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
  • North, R. Alan; and Costa, Marcello, 'Geoffrey Burnstock 1929 - 2020', Historical Records of Australian Science, 33 (2) (2022), 160-71. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22004. Details

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