Person
Rieckmann, Karl Heinz Walter (1933 - )
- Born
- 1933
Cairo, Egypt - Occupation
- Medical scientist
Summary
Karl Rieckmann is noted for his research into malaria, parasitology, drug resistance and pharmacology. For eight years he worked in Papua New Guinea on trials to eliminate malaria and elephantitis, another disease where mosquitos are the vectors, followed by in the United States assessing drug-resistance of malarial parasites. Between 1989 and 2006 he was Director of the Army Malaria Research Unit (later the Australian Army Research Institution) in Brisbane. Rieckmann served for 32 years on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Malaria. Among his research publications are papers on the history of malaria research in Australia.
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Chronology
- 1950
- Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family
- 1957
- Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide
- 1958
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Adelaide Hospital
- 1958 - 1966
- Career position - Medical Officer, Department of Public Health, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- 1961
- Education - Diploma in Public Health, University of Sydney
- 1966
- Award - Senior Fulbright Scholar
- 1966 - 1971
- Career position - Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- 1971 - 1983
- Career position - Assistant Professor of Medicine and Chief, Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- 1973 - 2005
- Career position - Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Malaria
- 1983 - 1985?
- Career position - Professor, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
- 1989 - 1997
- Career position - Director, Army Malaria Research Unit
- 1997 - 2004
- Career position - Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland
- 1997 - 2006
- Career position - Director, Australian Army Research Institute
- 2004 - 2015
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Howie-Willis, Ian, 'Australian military malariology comes of age (part 5 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology")', Journal of Military and Veterans' History, 25 (3) (2017), 42-60. Details
- Rieckmann, Karl H.; and Sweeney, Anthony W., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements first decade: 1965 - 1975', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 20 (2) (2012), 17-24. Details
- Rieckmann, Karl H.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Sweeney, Anthony W., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements second decade: 1975 - 1985', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 20 (3) (2012), 9-20. Details
- Rieckmann, Karl H.; Frances, Stephen P.; Kotecka, Barbara M.; Cooper, Robert D.; Shanks, G. Dennis, Sweeney, Anthony W.; and Edstein, Michael D., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements third decade (2nd half): 1990 - 1995', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 21 (2) (2013), 36-56. Details
- Rieckmann, Karl H.; Sweeney, Anthony W.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Frances, Stephen P., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements third decade (1st half): 1985 - 1990', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 20 (4) (2012), 59-70. Details
- Rieckmann, Karl H.; Sweeney, Anthony W.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Frances, Stephen P., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements fourth decade (2nd half): 2000 - 2005', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 23 (1) (2015), 10-4. Details
- Rieckmann, Karl H.; Sweeney, Anthony W.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Frances, Stephen P., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements fifth decade: 2006 - 2015', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 24 (1) (2016), 25-44. Details
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Created: 11 December 2018