Person

Ruff, Tilman (1955 - )

AO

Born
1955
Australia
Website
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9823-3918

Summary

Tilman Ruff as a physician and medical researcher has had a range of roles in nuclear activism including: Board member, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Nobel Peace Prize 1985); Founding international and Australian Chair, co-founder, Australian Committee member, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize 2017). He was appointed Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.

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"Dr. Tilman Ruff AO is an infectious diseases and public health physician. He is Honorary Principal Fellow in the School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Dr. Ruff was a Co-President of IPPNW from 2012 to 2023. He has been active in the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia) since 1982 and a past national President; and was South-east Asia Pacific vice-president of IPPNW from 1989-93 and 2010-12. He was a co-founder and founding chair of the governing bodies of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Australia and internationally. Dr. Ruff was director of travel medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospital, worked on hepatitis B control, immunisation and maternal and child health in Indonesia and Pacific island countries; and documented the link between nuclear testing and outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning in the Pacific. He was Australian Red Cross international medical advisor 1996- 2019 and founding member of the WHO Western Pacific Expert Resource Panel on Hepatitis B Control. In 2012, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the promotion of peace as an advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and to public health through the promotion of immunisation programs in the South-East Asia - Pacific region" This national honour was upgraded in 2019." [from https://www.ippnw.org/about/people ]

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  • Anon, 'Banning the bomb: ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2006-); Nobel Peace Prize 2017' in Australia's Nobel Laureates. vol III : state of our innovation nation : 2021 and beyond (Roseville, New South Wales: One Mandate Group, 2021), pp. 164-174 : colour illustrations, colour portraits, https://publications.innovatia.au/view/404883545/168/. Details

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