Person
Whitworth, Judith Ann (1944 - )
AC FRACP
- Born
- 1 April 1944
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Medical researcher
Summary
Judith Whitworth is Director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Howard Florey Professor of Medical Research at the Australian National University (ANU), and Head of the High Blood Pressure Research Unit at the ANU. She is recognized internationally as an expert in the areas of kidney function and blood pressure research and has held key advisory roles both in Australia and overseas. Whitworth was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2001 for services to the advancement of academic medicine, research policy and medical research administration.
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Chronology
- 1968 - 1971
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer and Registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1972
- Career position - Senior Registrar at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide
- 1973
- Award - Winthrop Travelling Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1973 - 1974
- Career position - Research Fellow at the Tenon Hospital in Paris, France
- 1974
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - Visiting Registrar at Guys Hospital, London
- 1975 - 1977
- Career position - National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Scholar at the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, Melbourne
- 1978
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1978 - 1981
- Career position - Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1982 - 1991
- Career position - Nephrologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1983 - 1991
- Career position - Chairman, Board of Postgraduate Education of the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1984
- Award - Smith Kline and French Award, International Society of Hypertension
- 1984
- Career position - President, Australian Society of Medical Research
- 1984 - 1993
- Career position - Councilor of the Royal Australian College of Physicians
- 1985
- Career position - Visiting Scientist at the MRCH Blood Pressure Unit in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1985
- Career position - Naturalia et Biologia Fellow at Tenon Hospital in Paris, France
- 1987 - 1991
- Career position - Professorial Associate, University of Melbourne
- 1990 - 1991
- Career position - Deputy Director of the Department of Nephrology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1990 - 1993
- Career position - Member of the Nomination Committee of the International Society of Nephrology
- 1991 -
- Career position - Honorary Consultant at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1991 - 1996
- Career position - Member of the NHMRC Medical Research Committee
- 1991 - 1997
- Career position - Head of the Department of Medicine at the St George Hospital, New South Wales
- 1991 - 1999
- Career position - Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales
- 1992
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1992 - 1997
- Career position - Councillor of the International Society of Hypertension
- 1994
- Award - Royal Australasian College of Physicians Medal
- 1994 - 1996
- Career position - Chairman, National Health and Medical Research Committee (NMRC)
- 1997 - 1999
- Career position - Chief Medical Officer for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
- 1998 - 2000
- Career position - Vice-President of the International Society of Hypertension
- 1999 -
- Career position - Director of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
- 1999 - 2001
- Career position - President, High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
- 2000 -
- Career position - Member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Advisory Committee on Health Research
- 2000 -
- Career position - Life member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology
- 2001
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for service to the advancement of academic medicine and as a major contributor to research policy and medical research administration in Australia and internationally
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for services to Australian society through medical research
- 2002
- Award - Telstra ACT Business Woman of the Year award
- 2002 - 2004
- Career position - Director of Anutech Pty. Ltd.
- 2003 -
- Career position - Member of Council of the NHMRC
- 2004
- Award - Doctor of Medicine (MD), honoris causa, University of Sydney
- 2004
- Award - ACT Australian of the Year
- 2010
- Award - Curtin Medal for Excellence in Medical Research, John Curtin School of Medical Research
- 2012
- Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
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
Articles
- 'Profile - Professor Judith Whitworth', WISENET Journal, 58 (November) (2001), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/issue58/Whitworth.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55462162. Details
- '2004 ACT Australian of the Year', Australian of the Year Awards, National Australia Day Council, https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/professor-judith-whitworth-ac. Details
- 'Whitworth, Judith A (19440401-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-629646. Details
- 'Awarded honorary LLD, 2012 [Citation provided]', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Resource Sections
- John Curtin School of Medical Research, 'The Curtin Medal for Excellence in Medical Research', Canberra, 2004. https://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/taxonomy/term/145. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 6 March 2003, Last modified: 15 June 2022