Person

Angus, James Alexander (1949 - )

AO FAA FAHMS

Born
15 February 1949
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Pharmacologist

Summary

James Angus has worked at many of Victoria's leading research institutes and in 2003 was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this he was Deputy Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute in Victoria (1990-1992) and then held the Personal Chair in Pharmacology at Monash University for eleven years. Angus has been a member of a great many Australian scientific committees and societies and has been involved in numerous national and international scientific meetings.

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Chronology

1970
Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
1973
Career position - Research Fellow at the Hallstrom Institute of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney (six months)
1974
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
1975 - 1976
Career position - Senior Research Officer at the Baker Medical Research Institute in Prahran, Victoria
1977 - 1979
Career position - C.J. Martin Travelling Fellow at University College (1977) and The Wellcome Research Laboratories (1978) in the UK and at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1980 - 1981
Career position - Senior Research Officer at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1981 - 1982
Career position - Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
1981 - 1989
Career position - Research Fellow, then Senior Research Fellow then Principal Research Fellow at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1983 - 1985
Career position - Senior Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
1984
Award - Gottschalk Medal, Australian Academy of Science
1985 - 1989
Career position - Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
1989 - 1993
Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Baker Medical Research Institute
1989 - 1993
Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
1990 - 1992
Career position - Deputy Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute
1991 - 1997
Career position - Member of the Murdoch Institute for Birth Defects Board in Melbourne
1991 - 1998
Career position - Member, Medical Research Committee and Chairman, Grants Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council
1992
Career position - Personal Chair in Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria (ten months)
1993 -
Career position - Executive Editor, Clinical and experimental pharmacology
1993 - 1997
Career position - Member of the Poisons Advisory Committee of the Victorian Department of Health and Community Services
1993 - 2003
Career position - Head, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne
1993 - 2003
Career position - Chair of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne
1994 -
Career position - Member of the Queensland Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Griffith University
1994 -
Career position - Member of the National Committee for Pharmacology, Australian Academy of Science
1996
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1996 - 1997
Career position - President, Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology
1997 - 1998
Career position - Deputy Vice-President, Academic Board, University of Melbourne
1998 - 2002
Career position - Member of the Executive Council of the International Union of Pharmacology
1998 - 2003
Career position - Director, Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery, University of Melbourne
1998 - 2003
Career position - Member of the Microsurgery Foundation Board at St Vincent's Hospital
1998 - 2005
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology
1999
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Acta pharmacologica sinica
1999 - 2000
Career position - Vice-President, Academic Board, University of Melbourne
1999 - 2001
Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne
2000 - 2001
Career position - President, Academic Board, University of Melbourne
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and to science in pharmacology
2001 - 2004
Career position - Councillor of the Australian Academy of Science
2002 -
Award - Fellow, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
2002 - 2003
Career position - Chair, Panel D, Program Grants Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council
2002 - 2003
Career position - Deputy Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
2002 - 2006
Career position - First Vice-President of the International Union of Pharmacology
2002 - 2007
Career position - Board Member, CRC for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation Board (HEAR CRC)
2002 - 2007
Career position - Chair, Pharmaceutical Education Council
2002 - 2010
Career position - Board Member, Bionic Ear Institute
2003 -
Career position - Board Member, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
2003 -
Career position - Board Member, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria
2003 - 2007
Career position - Director, St Vincent's Institute for Medical Research
2003 - 2009
Career position - Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia
2003 - 2009
Career position - Board Member, Australian International Health Institute
2003 - 2009
Career position - Board Member, National Ageing Research Institute
2003 - 2012
Career position - Board Member, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine
2003 - 2013
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
2004 -
Career position - Board member of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
2004 -
Career position - Member of the Melbourne Health Board
2006 - 2008
Career position - Chair, Australian Health Information Council
2006 - 2008
Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Genetic Services Victoria
2006 - 2008
Career position - Member, National Health Information Management Principle Committee
2006 - 2009
Career position - Deputy President, Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand
2007 -
Career position - Member, Steering Committee, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
2007 -
Career position - Director, Victor Smorgon Institute at Epworth Hospital
2008 -
Career position - Member, Medical Schools Accreditation Committee, Australian Medical Council
2009 - 2011
Career position - President, Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand
2010
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for distinguished service to biomedical research, particularly in the fields of pharmacology and cardiovascular disease, as a leading academic and medical educator, and as a contributor to a range of advisory boards and professional organisations both nationally and internationally
2012 -
Career position - Director, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine
2014 -
Career position - Emeritus and Honorary Professorial Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne
2014 - 2016
Career position - Director, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
2015 -
Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS)
2015 -
Career position - President, National Stroke Foundation
2015 - 2016
Career position - Chairman, Victorian Genetics and Genomics Advisory Committee
2016 -
Career position - Chairman, Independent Medical Advisory Committee on Medicinal Cannabis (Victoria)
2017 -
Career position - Chairman, Australian Advisory Committee on Medicinal Use of Cannabis

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Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn

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