Person
Alder, Valerie (Val) (1942 - )
- Born
- 24 May 1942
Droxford, United Kingdom - Occupation
- Ophthalmologist and Educator
Summary
Val Alder worked as a research scientist in the UK, having gained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in physics from Imperial College London. She later worked as a high school physics and maths teacher. She undertook a PhD in Auditory Biophysics at the University of Western Australia. Moving to the field of medical research, Alder investigated vascular diseases of the eye. She has published extensively in this area. Alder was a committee member (and often Chair) of over five National Health and Medical Research Council committees and member or convener of tens of other university, research and support committees.
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Chronology
- c. 1960
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Imperial College in London
- 1963
- Life event - Married Michael David Alder
- 1970
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- c. 1971
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Western Australia
- 1984
- Life event - Married Jeffrey Raymond Johnstone
- 1990 - 1999
- Career position - Member and Chair of many National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) committees
- 1996
- Award - IDA Mann Award for outstanding contribution to Australian Medical Science and Ophthalmology
- 1996 - 1999
- Career position - Deputy Director of the Lions Eye Institute in Perth, Western Australia (WA)
- 1997 - 1998
- Career position - NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
- 1998 - 1999
- Career position - Deputy Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Australia
- 1999 -
- Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research at Murdoch University, WA
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
Resources
- 'Alder, Valerie (1942-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473312. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 10 February 2003, Last modified: 26 March 2007