Person

Shanks, George Dennis (Dennis) (1954 - )

Born
19 September 1954
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Occupation
Medical historian and Medical scientist

Summary

Dennis Shanks is a medical practitioner who specialised in infectious diseases, particularly diphtheria, meningococcal meningitis and malaria. As a member of the United States Army for over 20 years he conducted research and undertook field testing of drugs in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. In 2006 he was appointed Director of the Australian Army Malaria Research Institute, Brisbane. He has published over 150 scientific papers as well as histories of influenza and malaria epidemics based on military records.

Details

Chronology

1981
Education - Masters Degree in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MPH-TM), Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
1984 - 1986
Career position - Medical officer, Uniformed Services University of the Health Services, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
1987 - 1991
Career position - Medical officer, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Research, Bangkok, Thailand
1992 - 1994
Career position - Medical officer, Australian Army Medical Research Unit, Ingleburn near Sydney
1995 - 1999
Career position - Medical officer, USA Medical Research Unit, Nairobi, Kenya
2000 - 2002
Career position - Director, Armed Forces, Research Institute of Medical Research, Bangkok, Thailand
2003 - 2004
Career position - Program Director, US Army Centre for Health Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, U.S.A.
2004
Life event - Retired from US Army
2006 -
Career position - Adjunct Professor, James Cook University
2006 -
Career position - Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland
2006 -
Career position - Director, Australian Army Malaria Research Institute

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
  • Kirby, Tony, 'Donald Shanks: creating new answers from old data', The Lancet: Infectious Diseases, 14 (2014), 560. 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

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