McCloskey, Douglas Ian (1941 - )

Summary

Douglas Ian McCloskey is the Director of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and a conjoint in the School of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales. His laboratory is concerned with two broad aspects of brain function. Firstly, factors which determine the accuracy of voluntary movement are studied in normal and neurologically-impaired patients to try to understand movement control as well as develop new diagnostic tests; secondly the way in which the brain regulates breathing, blood pressure and heart rate are studied to try and find improved methods of treatment for diseases like high blood pressure. Taken from http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/recruit/supsenior.htm 2004

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Chronology

1963

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc Med), University of Sydney

1965 - 1966

Career position - Lecturer at University College, University of Oxford

1966

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Oxford, UK

1968

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney

1970

Career position - Lecturer at Pembroke College, University of Oxford

1970 - 1971

Career position - Research Fellow at Pembroke College

1972 -

Career position - Member of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1972

Career position - Visiting Senior Scientist, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, USA

1972 - 1975

Career position - Lecturer then Senior in Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales

1975 - 1982

Career position - Member of the New South Wales Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee of the National Heart Foundation of Australia

1976 - 1981

Career position - Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales

1977 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

1977 - 1980

Career position - Councillor of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1980

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of New South Wales

1981 -

Career position - Member of the Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

1981 -

Career position - Personal Chair in Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales

1984 -

Career position - Member of the National Committee for Physiology for the Australian Academy of Science

1985 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1986 - 1987

Career position - President, Australian Neuroscience Society

1996

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to neuroscience particularly as Director of the Pronce of Wales Medical Research Institute specialising in the functions and disorders of the brain nad nervous system

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• 'McCloskey, Douglas Ian (19411023-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476348. Details