Person

Lumbers, Eugenie Ruth (1941 - )

AM FAA

Born
29 November 1941
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Medical scientist and University Administrator
Alternative Names
  • Forbes, Eugenie (married name)

Summary

Eugenie Lumbers is noted for her research in to foetal origins of adult diseases, hypertension, development of control of the circulation, exercise and training, and renal development and function. She has investigated the potential role of gene therapy in treating congenital diseases during fetal development, and whether drugs that modulate the renin-angiotensis system could be useful to treat endometrial cancer. With Brian Morris she discovered prorenin, the protein precursor of renin. In 1974 Lumbers joined the University of New South Wales as senior lecturer in the School of Physiology and Pharmacology, later becoming Professor of Physiology, Head of the School, and Scientia Professor in 1999. For ten years she was a Member of the University's Council. In 2013 she became Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of Newcastle. Lumbers is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and has served on several of the Academy's National Committees.

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Chronology

1965
Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide
1970
Education - MD, University of Adelaide
1970 - 1971
Career position - NHMRC Senior Research Officer, University of Adelaide
1972 - 1974
Award - C. J. Martin Fellowship by National Health and Medical Research Council
1974 - 1979
Career position - Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales
1980 - 1988
Career position - Associate Professor, School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales
1984 - 1987
Career position - Chairman, Animal Breeding and Holding Unit Management Committee, University of New South Wales
1986
Education - DSc, University of New South Wales
1986 - 1996
Career position - Member of Council, University of New South Wales
1988 - 1998
Career position - Professor in Physiology (personal chair), School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales
1991
Award - Heinz Peter Fischer Award, National Heart Foundation
1991 - 1999
Career position - Head, School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales
1993 - 1996
Career position - Member, National Committee on Physiology, Australian Academy of Science
1994
Career position - Member, Academic Board, University of New South Wales
1998 - 2002
Career position - Board Member, Heart Research Institute
1999 - 2002
Career position - Member, ARC Biological Sciences Discipline Panel
1999 - 2002
Career position - Board Member, National Heart Foundation (N.S.W.)
1999 - 2003
Career position - Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales
2001
Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in developmental physiology
2002 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2002 -
Award - Life Member, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
2003 - 2005
Career position - Member, National Committee on Medicine, Australian Academy of Science
2009 - 2011
Career position - Con-joint Professor, University of Queensland
2010 -
Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales
2012
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the medical sciences in the fields of physiology and pharmacology as a researcher, academic and administrator, and to the community
2013 -
Career position - Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
2014 -
Award - Life Member, Australian Society for Reproductive Biology

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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

Journal Articles

  • Morris, B. J. and Lumbers, E. R., 'The activation of renin in human amniotic fluid by proteolytic enzymes', Biochimica et biophysica acta - enzymology, 289 (2) (1972), 385-91, https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-2744(72)09090-3. Details
  • 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

Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn

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