Biographical entry Bishop, Ruth Frances (1933 - )

Summary

Ruth Bishop was a research assistant at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, where she worked in the Department of Gastroenterology as a microbiologist. She was later appointed a Research associate in the University of Melbourne's Department of Paediatrics. In 1973 she led a team that discovered the virus that is the most common cause of gastroenteritis in young children.

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Events

1954

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1958

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1961

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne

1968 - 1974

Career position - Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1975 - 1979

Career position - Senior Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1978

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne

1980 - 1989

Career position - Principal Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1990 -

Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Cytowicz, Barbara, 'Ruth Bishop', Australasian Science, vol. 21, no. 9, 2000, p. 46. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Bishop, Ruth Frances', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475688. Details