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.

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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

See also

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

Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes

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