Armstrong, Bruce Konrad (1944 - )

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

Career position - Lecturer in Medicine, University of Western Australia

1972

Education - Diploma of Membership of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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 - Professor of Epidemiology and Researcher, University of Western Australia (funded by the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia)

1987 - 1988

Career position - Head of the Division of Social and Preventive Medicine, University 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 - 1996

Career position - Director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

1994 - 2000

Career position - Adjunct Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University

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, 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 - 1999

Career position - Member, Strategic Review Panel, National Health and Medical Research Council

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)

1 Jan 2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in epidemiology

2001 - 2003

Career position - Deputy Chair, Projects Grants Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council

2001 - 2006

Career position - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Nuclear Test Veterans Mortality Study, Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs

2002 -

Career position - Honorary Epidemiologist with the Cancer Council New South Wales

2002 - 2003

Career position - Member, National Committee on Medicine and Public Health, Australian Academy of Science

2002 - 2005

Career position - Head, School of Public Health, University of Sydney

2002 - 2013

Career position - Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney

2004 - 2005

Career position - Council Member, Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

2005 - 2006

Career position - Member, Policy Review and New Technologies Working Group, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging

2006

Career position - Board Member and Chair, Research Advisory Committee, Cancer Council New South Wales

2006

Award - Outstanding Cancer Research of the Year, New South Wales Premier's Award

2006 - 2009

Career position - Member, Health Care Advisory Council, New South Wales Department of Health

2012 - 2014

Career position - Chair, Wind Farms and Human Health Reference Group, National Health and Medical Research Council

2012 - 2014

Career position - Member, Expert Advisory Group, Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for PSA Testing and Management of Test-Detected Prostate Cancer, Cancer Council Australia

2013 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney

2014 - 2015

Career position - Senior Visiting Scientist, International Agency for Research on Cancer

2015 -

Career position - Member, Expert Advisory Group, Environmental Health, New South Weales Department of Health

2015 - 2016

Career position - Member, Expert Advisory Group, Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer, Cancer Council Australia

2015 - 2021

Career position - Chairman, Scientific and Advisory Committee, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

2018 - 2019

Career position - Senior Visiting Scientist, International Agency for Research on Cancer

2026

Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent service to medical research, to environmental and genetic cancer epidemiology, to screening service development, to academia, and to public health administration

Related entries

Published resources

Resources

• 'Bruce Armstrong - Citation at year of election, 2000', The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links], Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 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

Resource Sections

• 'Emeritus Professor Bruce Konrad Armstrong: Companion of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Awards and Honours Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2006. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search?searchText=bruce%20armstrong. Details

See also

• Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details