Biographical entry Campbell, Kate Isabel (1899 - 1986)
DBE, CBE
- Born
- 22 April 1899
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 1986
- Occupation
- Paediatrician
Summary
Kate Campbell discovered that blindness in premature babies was caused by an overdose of oxygen, resulting in the adjustment of the treatment of premature babies world-wide.
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Events
- 1922
- Education - Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1924
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1924? - 1927
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Children's and Women's Hospitals
- 1926 - 1965
- Career position - Honorary Paediatrician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
- 1927? - 1937
- Career position - General medical practice
- 1929 - 1965
- Career position - Lecturer in Neo-Natal Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne
- 1949 - 1965
- Career position - Honorary Paediatrician at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1954
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1965 - 1986?
- Career position - Consultant Paediatrician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
- 1966
- Education - Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1971
- Career position - Associate of the Department of Paediatrics at Monash University
- 1971
- Award - Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
- 1979
- Career position - Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Murray, James, Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health, Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd], Edgecliff, NSW, 1997, 160 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Campbell, Kate, 'A Medical Life: an Interview with Dame Kate Campbell', in Patricia Grimshaw and Lynne Strahan (eds), The Half-open Door: Sixteen Modern Australian Women Look at Life and Achievement, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1982. Details
- Grimshaw, Patricia, 'Kate Campbell (1899-1986) paediatrician', in Heather Radi (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988. Details
- McCalman, Janet, 'Campbell, Dame Kate Isabel (1899-1986), Paediatrician', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2007, pp. 185-186. Details
Journal Articles
- Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Kate Isabel Campbell', Uni News, vol. 12, no. 11, 2003, p. 4. Details
Online Resources
- 'Campbell, Kate Isabel (1899-1986), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0018b.htm. Details
- 'Campbell, Kate Isabel (1899-1986)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-775072. 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
Ailie Smith
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2007