Person

O'Hehir, Robyn Elizabeth

AO FAHMS

Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Pathologist

Summary

Robyn O'Hehir's research interests have included human allergic responses to common allergens, particularly from house dust mites, with an emphasis on novel approaches for allergen immunotherapy. She has had over 100 articles published in peer-reviewed journals.

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Chronology

1986
Award - Menzies Medical Scholarship, Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation Limited
1986 - 1989
Career position - Research at the Royal Brompton Hospital and the National Heart and Lung Institute, London
1987
Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
1987
Award - Freedom of the City of London
1989
Award - Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellowship
1989
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London
1995
Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
1996 - 2003
Career position - Director of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Alfred Hospital
1996 - 2010
Career position - Board member, Asthma Victoria
2001 - 2008
Career position - Associate Editor, International archives of allergy and immunology
2003 -
Career position - Director of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital
2003 - 2025
Career position - Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Monash University
2003 - 2025
Career position - Head, Department of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Central Clinical School, Monash University
2008 - 2015
Career position - Co-Editor, Clinical and experimental allergy
2010 -
Career position - Board Member, Cabrini Health
2013 -
Career position - Member of Council, Menzies Memorial Foundation
2015 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
2016
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to clinical immunology and respiratory medicine as an academic and clinician, to tertiary education, and to specialist health and medical organisations

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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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

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Ailie Smith

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