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.

Details

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

See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

Ailie Smith

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