Biographical entry Angus, James Alexander (1949 - )

Summary

James Angus has worked at many of Victoria's leading research institutes and in 2003 was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this he was Deputy Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute in Victoria (1990-1992) and then held the Personal Chair in Pharmacology at Monash University for eleven years. Angus has been a member of a great many Australian scientific committees and societies and has been involved in numerous national and international scientific meetings.

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1970

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Sydney

1973

Career position - Research Fellow at the Hallstrom Institute of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney (six months)

1974

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

1975 - 1976

Career position - Senior Research Officer at the Baker Medical Research Institute in Prahran, Victoria

1977 - 1979

Career position - C.J. Martin Travelling Fellow at University College (1977) and The Wellcome Research Laboratories (1978) in the UK and at the Baker Medical Research Institute

1980 - 1981

Career position - Senior Research Officer at the Baker Medical Research Institute

1981 - 1989

Career position - Research Fellow, then Senior Research Fellow then Principal Research Fellow at the Baker Medical Research Institute

1984

Award - Alfred Gottschalk Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1989 - 1993

Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Baker Medical Research Institute

1990 - 1992

Career position - Deputy Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute

1991 - 1997

Career position - Member of the Murdoch Institute for Birth Defects Board in Melbourne

1992

Career position - Personal Chair in Pharmacology at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria (ten months)

1993 -

Career position - Member of the Poisons Advisory Committee of the Victorian Department of Health and Community Services

1994 -

Career position - Member of the Queensland Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Griffith University

1994 -

Career position - Member of the National Committee for Pharmacology at the Australian Academy of Science

1996 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1998 -

Career position - Member of the Executive Council of the International Union of Pharmacology

1998 - 2003

Career position - Member of the Microsurgery Foundation Board at St Vincent's Hospital

2001 - 2004

Career position - Councillor of the Australian Academy of Science

2002 -

Career position - First Vice-President of the International Union of Pharmacology

2003 -

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne

2003

Award - Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

2004 -

Career position - Member of the Melbourne Health Board

2004 -

Career position - Board member of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

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• National Library of Australia, 'Angus, James Alexander', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474897. Details