Person

Korner, Paul Ivan (1925 - 2012)

FAA

Born
18 November 1925
Czechoslovakia
Died
3 October 2012
Occupation
Medical scientist and Physiologist

Summary

Paul Korner was Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Clinical Research Unit, and Professor of Medicine, Monash University from 1975-1990. Earlier he was Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Physiology & Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales 1960-1968 and Foundation Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney 1968-1975.

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Chronology

1946
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1947
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
1951
Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney
1951
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney
1952 - 1953
Career position - Junior NHMRC Research Fellow, Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology, Sydney Hospital
1954 - 1956
Career position - Overseas Research Fellow with the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund of Australia and New Zealand
1956
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney
1956 - 1959
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Sydney
1958
Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1959 - 1960
Career position - Associate Professor of Cardiopulmonary Physiology, University of Sydney
1960 - 1968
Career position - Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales
1968 - 1974
Career position - Foundation Scandrett Professor of Cardiology, University of Sydney and Head of the Hallstrom Institute of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1970
Award - R.T. Hall Prize, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand
1974 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1975 - 1990
Career position - Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Director of the Clinical Research Unit, Alfred Hospital (Prahran. Vic) and Professor of Medicine at Monash University (Clayton, Vic)
1986 - 1987
Career position - President of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
1987 - 1989
Career position - Chairman of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
1987 - 1990
Career position - President and Chairman of Board of Management of Amalgamated Alfred, Caulfield and Royal Southern Memorial Hospitals
1988
Career position - Chairman of the Review Committee of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
1989
Award - Doctor of Medicine (MD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
1989
Award - Advance Australia Award for Services to Medical Research received
1990 -
Career position - Visiting Professor in the School of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of New South Wales
1990 -
Career position - Emeritus Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Emeritus Professor at Monash University
1990
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to medicine, particularly in the field of research
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society and science in medical research

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Archival resources

University of New South Wales Archives

  • Paul Ivan Korner - Records, 1960 - 1984, CN 647 and others; University of New South Wales Archives. Details

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See also

  • Andrew, Rod and Barnett, Alf eds, In their day: the Baker Medical Research Institute memoirs of alumni (South Yarra (Vic.): Hyland House, 1992), 188 pp. Details
  • Redgrave, T. G., 'Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (4) (1991), 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910840265. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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