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
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- 'James Angus - Citation at year of election, 1996', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/james-angus. Details
- 'Angus, James Alexander (1949-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474897. Details
See also
- Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2010], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2010, https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20130329080918mp_/http:/www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2010/Media%20Notes%20AO%20%28final%29.pdf. Details
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn
Created: 12 September 2005, Last modified: 14 December 2022