Person
Armstrong, Bruce Konrad (1944 - )
AM FAA
- Born
- 13 August 1944
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Medical researcher
Summary
Bruce Armstrong is a leader in cancer research and management and is an authority on the causes and prevention of skin cancer and melanoma. He has also made important contributions towards the understanding of the causes and control of other cancers, high blood pressure and heart disease. To date, Armstrong has written close to 400 scientific publications and has presented his groups' findings at numerous national and international conferences and institutes. Presently he is employed as Professor of Public Health and Head of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, Honorary Epidemiologist with the Cancer Council New South Wales, Conjoint Professor of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Newcastle, Honorary Consultant in Clinical Epidemiology at the Sydney Cancer Centre, and Adjunct Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University. Despite this massive workload, Armstrong still finds time to be an active member, and often office bearer, of a multitude of scientific, medical and legislative organizations and societies. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM). He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to medicine through research in cancer epidemiology.
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Chronology
- 1967
- Education - Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours (BMSc(Hons)), University of Western Australia
- 1969
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) with honours, University of Western Australia
- 1969 - 1970
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Perth Hospital
- 1971
- Career position - Medical Registrar at the Royal Perth Hospital
- 1972
- Education - Diploma of Membership of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1972
- Career position - Lecturer in Medicine, University of Western Australia
- 1972
- Career position - Relieving Clinical Assistant Physician at the Royal Perth Hospital
- 1972 - 1975
- Career position - Honorary Registrar and Locum Consultant Physician (sessional) at United Oxford Hospitals
- 1975
- Career event - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
- 1975
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Oxford, UK
- 1976 - 1977
- Career position - Specialist Physician at the Repatriation General Hospital in Western Australia
- 1976 - 1979
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Western Australia
- 1977 - 1979
- Career position - Director of Health Research and Planning in the Public Health Department of Western Australia
- 1979 - 1988
- Career position - Director of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Unit in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Western Australia
- 1985 - 1986
- Career position - Visiting Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington,, USA`
- 1987 - 1988
- Career position - Head of the Division of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Western Australia
- 1987 - 1988
- Career position - Professor of Epidemiology and Researcher, University of Western Australia (funded by the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia)
- 1988 - 1990
- Career position - Commissioner of Health for Western Australia with the Health Department of Western Australia
- 1990
- Career event - Foundation Fellow, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM)
- 1990 - 1991
- Career position - Consultant Epidemiologist and Public Health Physician in private practice
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - Deputy Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France
- 1994 -
- Career position - Adjunct Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
- 1994 - 1996
- Career position - Director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- 1995 - 1998
- Career position - Member of the National Cancer Advisory Committee and Executive of the Australian Cancer Network
- 1996 -
- Career position - Honorary Consultant in Clinical Epidemiology at the Sydney Cancer Centre, Central Sydney Area Health Service
- 1996 - 2002
- Career position - Director of Cancer Research and Registers Division at the Cancer Council New South Wales
- 1998 -
- Career position - Conjoint Professor at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle in New South Wales
- 1998
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to medicine through research into cancer epidemiology
- 1998 - 2002
- Career position - Chair of the Cancer Strategies Group of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
- 2000 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society and science in epidemiology
- 2002 -
- Career position - Honorary Epidemiologist with the Cancer Council New South Wales
- 2002 -
- Career position - Professor of Public Health and Head School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Bruce Armstrong - Citation at year of election, 2000', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/bruce-armstrong. Details
- 'Armstrong, B K (1944-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-626900. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 12 September 2005, Last modified: 14 December 2022