Biographical entry Rand, Michael (1927 - 2002)
- Born
- 19 August 1927
Freckenham, Suffolk, England - Died
- 9 May 2002
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Pharmacologist and Toxicologist
Summary
Michael Rand was professor of pharmacology at the University of Melbourne 1965-1991.
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- 1953 - 1956
- Career position - Fellowship in Sydney
- 1956 - 1957
- Career position - Departmental Demonstrator at the University of Oxford, UK
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - Australia and New Zealand Life Insurance Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and the University of Sydney
- 1960 - 1965
- Career position - Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of London
- 1965 - 1991
- Career position - Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Melbourne
- 1970 - 1976
- Career position - Member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Heart Foundation
- 1970 - 2002
- Career position - Member of the Australian Tobacco Research Foundation
- 1972 - 2002
- Career position - Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Toxicology
- 1974
- Career position - President of the Australasian Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacologists
- 1984 - 2002
- Career position - Trustee of the International Life Sciences Institute of Australia
- 1985 - 2002
- Career position - Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Autonomic Pharmacology
- 1987
- Career position - President of the Australasian Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacologists
- 1989 - 1991
- Career position - President of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
- 1991 - 1996
- Career position - Commissioner of the National Food Authority (part-time)
- 1991 - 2002
- Career position - Adjunct Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, later RMIT University
- 1991 - 2002
- Career position - Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Melbourne
- 1993 - 2002
- Career position - Chairman of the Smoking and Health Research Foundation
- 1999 - 2002
- Career position - President of the Southeast Asian/Western Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Jones, Philip, 'Obituary: Professor Michael Rand, Experimental pharmacologist and toxicologist', The Age, 29 May 2002. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Rand, Michael', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474850. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 3 December 2003, Last modified: 4 December 2003




