Person
Cowley, Michael
- Occupation
- Medical scientist and Physiologist
Summary
Michael Cowley is a physiologist widely recognised for his research into the causes of obesity and obesity-related diseases such as diabetes. His research focuses on how the body tells the brain about how much body fat we have and levels of blood sugar. He discovered why obesity causes high blood pressure and leads efforts to develop drugs for the treatment of diabetes and obesity. In 2017 Cowley was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology at Monash University in 2017. He was awarded the Science Minister's (later the Frank Fenner) Prize for Life Scientist of the Year in 2009 for his contribution to our understanding of metabolism and obesity.
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Chronology
- 1989
- Education - BSc, University of Melbourne
- 1993
- Education - BSc (hons), Monash University
- 1994 - 1998
- Career position - Graduate Student, Reproductive Neuroendocrinology, Monash University and Prince Henry's Institute for Medical Research
- 1998 - 2000
- Career position - Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
- 1999
- Education - PhD, Monash University
- 2000 - 2001
- Career position - Research Assistant Professor, The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
- 2000 - 2002
- Career position - Consultant, Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego, USA
- 2001 - 2007
- Career position - Assistant Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
- 2002 - 2007
- Career position - Director, Electrophysiology Core, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
- 2002 - 2007
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Obesity research
- 2002 - 2009
- Career position - Founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Consultant, Orexigen Therapeutics, USA
- 2006 - 2008
- Career position - Member, Heart Research and Diabetes Center, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
- 2007 -
- Career position - Senior Editor, Neuroendocrinology
- 2007 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Endocrinology
- 2007 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, American journal of physiology
- 2007 - 2008
- Career position - Associate Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
- 2008 -
- Career position - Research Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
- 2008 -
- Career position - Director, Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute
- 2008
- Award - Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge, and Innovation Fellowship
- 2009
- Award - Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year, Commonwealth of Australia
- 2009 - 2014
- Award - Pfizer Australia Senior Research Fellowship
- 2009 - 2016
- Career position - Founder and Director, Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute
- 2013 - 2017
- Career position - Founder and Director, Pacific Discovery Services
- 2014 -
- Career position - Founder and Chairman, ReverX
- 2015
- Award - Inaugural Jacques Miller Medal for Experimental Biomedicine, Australian Academy of Science
- 2017 -
- Career position - Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University
- 2017 -
- Career position - Founder and Director, Integrated Physiology Services Pty Ltd
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Cowley, Michael', Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017], Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, 2017, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171113015051/http://www.science.gov.au/community/PrimeMinistersPrizesforScience/Recipients/2009/Pages/Professor-Michael-Cowley.aspx. Details
- Jacques Miller Medal, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/jacques-miller-medal. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 29 October 2019, Last modified: 16 February 2024