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Whelan, Robert Ford (1922 - 1984)

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Born
22 December 1922
Belfast, Ireland
Died
21 November 1984
Liverpool, England
Occupation
Physiologist and Pharmacologist

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Robert Whelan was professor and head of the Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Adelaide 1958-1971 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia 1971-1977. His special interest was the action of humoral agents and drugs on human blood vessels.

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Born Belfast, Northern Ireland, 22 December 1922. Died Liverpool, 21 November 1984. Educated Queen's University, Belfast (MB, BCh, BAO 1946, MD 1951; PhD 1955; DSc 1960). MD, University of Adelaide 1958. Resident Medical Officer, Belfast City Hospital 1947; Senior Ship's Surgeon, Glen Line, Far East and Australia 1948; junior lecturer then assistant lecturer in physiology, Queen's University 1949-51; Research Fellow, Sherrington School of Physiology, St. Thomas's Hospital, London 1951-52; lecturer in physiology (joint appointment - Queen's University and Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority 1952-57; professor and head of Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Adelaide 1958-71; Honorary Consulting Physiologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital 1959-71; Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide 1964-65; Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia 1971-77; Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool 1977-84. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1966. President, Medical Sciences Club of South Australia 1963; inaugural president, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists 1966, Honorary Member 1971; Honorary Member, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 1972; chairman, Australian National Committee, International Union of Pharmacologists 1968-75.

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