Person
Ogilvie, Bridget Margaret (1938 - )
AC DBE FAA FMedSci FRS
- Born
- 1938
Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Immunologist and Parasitologist
Summary
Dame Bridget Ogilvie obtained her PhD from the University of Cambridge, England, in 1964. Ogilvie was appointed as a Wellcome Animal Health Trust fellow from 1963 to 1966 and subsequently as member of the scientific staff, staying with the Wellcome Trust for 20 years. Ogilvie was a trustee of the National Museum of Science and industry from 1992 to 2003. She was on the UK Council for Science and Industry from 1993 to 2000. After leaving the Wellcome Trust, she was a part of various committees and advisory boards such as the Association of British Science Writers and the Association of Medical Research Charities, the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science, and the AsytaZeneca Science Teaching Trust. Ogilvie has received numerous awards and honours for the contributions she has made to medical research and science, this includes 24 honorary doctorates.
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Chronology
- 1995
- Award - Fellow, Academy of Medical Science (FMedSci)
- 1996
- Award - Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
- 2003
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 2007
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for service to science in the field of biomedical research, particularly related to veterinary and medical parasitology, and through support for research funding to improve global health
- 2008
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2015
- Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4966739. Details
- 'Ogilvie, Bridget Margaret (1938-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1540473. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DSc, 2015 [Citation provided]', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Resource Sections
- Williams, Robyn, 'Interview with Dame Bridget Ogilvie, Parasitologist and Immunologist', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2011, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/o/bo.html. Details
Kristijan Causovski
Created: 26 April 2013, Last modified: 23 August 2023