Person

Read, Leanna Christine

FTSE

Occupation
Biochemist

Summary

Leanna Read was chief executive officer of the Co-operative Research Centre for Tissue Growth and Repair from 1999-2002. Her research interests included insulin-like growth factors. She has had over 80 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals.

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Chronology

1981
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry, Flinders University of South Australia
1995 - 2000
Career position - Member of the Federal Government's Industry Research and Development Board as well as Chair of the Board's Committee
1999
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1999 - 2002
Career position - Chief Executive Officer, Co-operative Research Centre for Tissue Growth and Repair
2000
Award - Convocation Medal, Flinders University of South Australia
2000
Career position - Professorial Fellow, Flinders University of South Australia
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to the Industry Research and Development Board and its committees

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

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See also

  • Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001 (Victoria: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2001), 271 pp. Details

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