Biographical entry Sutherland, Struan Keith (1936 - 2002)

Summary

Struan Keith Sutherland was head of the Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne 1994-2001. Before that he had spent 28 years conducting venom research at CSL and advising on patient care. He and his colleagues developed the Sydney Funnel-web spider antivenom in 1980.

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Born Sydney, 17 June 1936. Died Melbourne, 11 January 2002. AO 2002. Educated University of Melbourne. Registered Medical Officer 1961, RAN Surgeon-Lieutenant 1962-65, Clinical Assistant, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1964-92, Head of Immunology Research, CSL Ltd 1967-84, Medical Consultant 1984-94, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne 1994-2001, Director, Australian Venom Research Unit 1994-2001, External Medical Consultant to CSL Ltd 1994-, Physician, Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1992-. AMA Prize for Medical Research 1977; James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1984; Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Tropical Medicine, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine 1997; Distinguished Fellow Medal, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia 1999.

Published resources

Books

• Sutherland, Struan K., A Venomous Life, Hyland House, Melbourne, 1998, 397 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Struan Keith Sutherland', Uni News, vol. 12, no. 12, 2003, p. 4. Details
• Sutherland, Struan K., 'Antivenom Research in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 161, no. 1, 1994, pp. 48-50. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Tibballs, James, 'Obituary: Struan Keith Sutherland', The Age, 17 January 2002. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Sutherland, Struan K', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-475512. Details
• Winkel, Ken, 'Vale Associate Professor Struan Keith Sutherland', 2002, http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ExtRels/Media/UN/archive/2002/702/StruanSutherland.html. Details

See also

• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne, Department of History, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2003, 168 pp. Details