Biographical entry Woolcock, Ann Janet (1937 - 2001)

Summary

Ann Janet Woolcock was Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Sydney 1984-2001. She was an expert on asthma.

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1961

Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital

1961

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Adelaide

1962

Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Broken Hill and District Hospital

1963

Career position - Research Fellow at the Page Chest Pavillion at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1964 - 1968

Career position - Research Fellow at the Page Chest Pavillion and Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney

1967

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Sydney

1969

Career position - Senior Research Fellow at the Asthma Foundation of NSW and the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney

1970

Career position - Basser Research Fellow at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1971

Career position - Visiting Medical Officer at the Repatriation General Hospital in Concord

1971

Career position - Clinical Supervisor (medical) at the Repatriation General Hospital Concord

1973 - ?

Career position - Visiting Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1973

Career position - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney

1973 - 1992

Career position - Board of Directors of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

1975 - ?

Career position - Convenor of the National Asthma Workshop

1975 - 1980

Career position - Chairman of the Medical Coordinating Committee of the Council of Asthma Foundations of Australia

1976

Career position - Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney

1977 - ?

Career position - Head of the Department of Thoracic Medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1978 - ?

Career position - Board of Directors of the Community Health and Anti-Tuberculosis Association of New South Wales

1984

Career position - Professor of Respiratory Medicine (Personal Chair) at the University of Sydney

1985 - ?

Career position - Director of the Institute of Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1989

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1992 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1992

Career position - Life Governor of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

1993

Award - Fisons Medal received from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

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Published resources

Books

• Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1999, 191 pp. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Woolcock, A', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-492774. Details
• Stone, Johnathon, Interview with Professor Ann Woolcock (1937-2001), Australian Academy of Science, 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/w/woolcock.html. Details