Person
Garson, Olga Margaret (Margaret) (1927 - 2020)
AO
- Born
- 4 October 1927
Benalla, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 May 2020
- Occupation
- Cytogeneticist, Pathologist and Educator
- Alternative Names
- Barnett, Olga Margaret (Margaret) (married name)
Summary
Margaret Garson graduated from Melbourne University medical school in 1951 and trained in Haematology and Pathology. In the mid 1960s she founded the first cytogenetics laboratory in Melbourne. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, on 13 June 1993, for service to medical research and education, particularly in the field of cytogenetics.
Details
Chronology
- 1954 - 1957
- Career position - Pathology Registrar, Alfred Hospital, Victoria
- 1961 - 1964
- Career position - NIH Research Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
- 1964 - 1970
- Career position - Research Fellow, University of Melbourne's Department of Medicine located in St Vincent's Hospital
- 1970 - 1976
- Career position - Senior Research Officer, University of Melbourne's Department of Medicine at St Vincent's Hospital
- 1976 - 1982
- Career position - Pathologist - Cytogenetics, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1976 - 1989
- Career position - Senior Associate, University of Melbourne's Department of Medicine in St Vincent's Hospital
- 1982 - 1993
- Career position - Director of the Department of Cytogenetics
- 1989
- Career position - Visiting Professor in the Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong
- 1989 - 1993
- Career position - Professional Associate, University of Melbourne's Department of Medicine in St Vincent's Hospital
- 1991
- Career position - Visiting Professor in the Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong
- 1993
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - In recognition of service to medical research and education, particularly in the field of cytogenetics
- 1995 - 2001
- Career position - Consultant Pathologist to the Cancer Registry, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (ACCV)
- 2015
- Award - Doctor of Medical Science (DMedSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Margaret Garson, Doctor, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
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
- 'Garson, Olga Margaret (1927-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475801. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2015 [Citation provided]', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 13 February 2003, Last modified: 23 August 2023