Person

McMillen, Isabella Caroline (1954 - )

AO FAHMS

Born
23 September 1954
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation
Physiologist, University Administrator and Vice-Chancellor

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.

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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 (FAHMS)
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
7 Jun 2020
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for distinguished service to medical science, and to tertiary education, to the community of South Australia, and to social equity

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

Journal Articles

  • Morrison, J. L., Lumbers, E., Bennet, L. and Black, J., 'Introduction: celebrating Emeritus Scientia Professor Eugenie R. Lumbers AM and Professor Caroline McMillen', Clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology, 40 (11) (2013), 740-2, https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1681.12180. Details

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See also

  • Brescia, Paul [Managing Editor], Australia's Nobel Laureates. vol III : state of our innovation nation : 2021 and beyond (Roseville, New South Wales: One Mandate Group, 2021), 704 pages : colour illustrations, colour portraits pp, https://publications.innovatia.au/view/404883545/. Foreword, page 5. Details
  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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