Person
McMillen, Isabella Caroline (1954 - )
- Born
- 23 September 1954
Belfast, Northern Ireland - Occupation
- Physiologist and University Administrator
Summary
Isabella McMillen is a physiologist internationally recognised for her research into prenatal nutrition and its potential effects on diseases in adults, particularly cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Between 1992 and 2005 she was Professor of Physiology at the University of Adelaide, and Head of the Department. She was subsequently Deputy Vice-Chancellor a the university of South Australia and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Newcastle. In 2018 McMillen was appointed Chief Scientist of South Australia.
Details
Chronology
- 1983
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- 1989 - 1992
- Career position - Visiting Research Fellow, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide
- 1989 - 1992
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Victoria
- 1992
- Career position - Professor of Physiology and Head of the Department, University of Adelaide
- 2005 - 2011
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President, Research and Innovation, University of South Australia
- 2011 - 2018
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle
- 2014 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
- 2015 -
- Award - Honorary Bragg Fellow, Royal Institution of Australia
- 2018 -
- Career position - Chief Scientist of South Australia
- 2019
- Award - Doctor of the University honoris causa, University of Adelaide
Related entries
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
- 'McMillen, Isabella Caroline (1954-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473140. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn
Created: 4 March 2003, Last modified: 3 March 2020