Kay, Brian Herbert (1944 - 2017)

Summary

Brian Kay was an internationally renowned entomologist and arbovirologist whose research into mosquito-borne viruses had a significant effect on public health. Much of what is now known about the role of mosquito vectors and vertebrate hosts resulted from the work of Kay and his students. His research was particularly into the viruses that cause Murray Valley encephalitis, and the Ross River, Dengue and Barmah Forest fevers. Kay extended his work into active participation in local government and international mosquito control programs. He retired in 2014 after 51 years at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, heading the Entomology (later Mosquito Control) Laboratory and as a member of the senior executive team.

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Chronology

1949

Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family

1963 -

Education - Bachelor of Science Honours, University of Queensland

1963 - 1969

Career position - Cadet Scientist, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1970 - 1988

Career position - Head of Entomology (later Mosquito Control) Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1977

Career position - President, Entomological Society of Queensland

1978 - ?

Career position - Quarantine Officer, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

1978 -

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland

1978

Award - Churchill Fellowship

1978

Career position - Visiting Scientist, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

1981 -

Career position - Member and Technical Consultant, Contiguous Local Authorities Group Saltmarch Mosquito Program

1981 -

Career position - Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Vector Biology and Control

1984 -

Career position - Member, WHO, FAO, UNCHS, UNEP Joint Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control

1984 - 1986

Career position - Director (part-time), Vector Control Unit, Queensland Health

1987

Award - Medallion of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

1988 -

Career position - Head, WHO Collaborating Centre on Environmental Management for Vector Control

1988 - 1991

Career position - Chairman, Parasitology and Entomology Section, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1990 - 2013

Career position - President, Mosquito and Arbovirus Research Committee

1994

Award - Shandong Medical University Medal

1994 - 1997

Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, James Cook University

1996

Career position - Secretary-General, International Federation of Tropical Medicine Conference, Nagasaki, Japan

1998 - 2000

Career position - Associate Professor of Tropical Health, University of Queensland

1999

Award - D. I. Ivanovsky Centenary Medal of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and Council of the Ivanovsky Institute of Virology

2000

Award - Bancroft Medal, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

2000 - 2005

Career position - Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland

2000 - 2014

Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

2002 - 2005

Career position - Director, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, Univeraity of Queensland

2002 - 2005

Career position - Member, Board of Governors, SEAMEO-TROPMED

2002 - 2005

Career position - Member, Consultative Committee, Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University

2002 - 2005

Career position - Member, Consultative Committee, National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health

2002 - 2010

Career position - Member, Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutes

2002 - 2010

Career position - Member, Board of Health Sciences, University of Queensland

2005 - ?

Career position - Professor, Griffith Medical Research College, Griffith University

2005 - ?

Career position - Deputy Director, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, University of Queenslnd

2005

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medical science and public health, particularly through research into the control and elimination of mosquito-borne arbovirus diseases in Northern Australia and Asia

2005

Award - Ralph L. Doherty Medal for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Medical Research, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

2006

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2008 - ?

Career position - Senior Executive, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

2010 - 2014

Career position - Deputy Director, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance

2012 - 2017

Award - Life Member, Mosquito Control Association of Australia

2013

Award - Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research

2014

Life event - Retired

2014 - 2017

Career position - Emeritus Professor, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries: Professor Brian Kay AM FAA FACTM 1944 to 2017; Professor Ken Campbell FAA FGAust 1927 to 2017; Professor Ian Cowan FAA 1931 to 2107', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter (2017), 21-2, https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/jun-2017-108/obituaries. Details
• Anon, 'Vale Professor Brian Herbert Kay, AM', News Bulletin, Entomological Society of Queensland, 45 (2) (2017), 33-4. Details
• Good, Michael F.; Ritchie, Scott A.; McGinn, Darryl; and Russell, Richard C., 'Brian Herbert Kay 1944 - 2017', Historical Records of Australian Science, 29 (1) (2018), 36-40, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17022. Details
• Russell, Richard C., 'In memoriam Professor Brian H. Kay 1944 - 2017', Journal of Vector Ecology, 42 (1) (2017), 2. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q67502280. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94431756. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Professor Brian Herbert KAY, AM, BSc (Hons), PhD, FAA, FACTM', in Australian Research Network for Parasitology, [2016?], http://parasite.org.au/arcnet/registry/bkay.html. Details
• 'Professor Brian Herbert Kay', in Australian Academy of Science Fellows, Australian Academy of Science, 2017, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/professor-brian-herbert-kay. Details
• 'Vale Professor Brian Herbert Kay, AM', in QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 4 April 2017, http://www.qimrberghofer.edu.au/2017/04/vale-professor-brian-herbert-kay/. Details
• Lambert, Kea, 'Past Winners & Finalists (Eureka Prizes)', in Australia Museum, 12 October 2016, https://www.australianmuseum.net.au/eureka-past. Details