Person
Woolcock, Ann Janet (1937 - 2001)
AO FAA
- Born
- 11 December 1937
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 17 February 2001
- Occupation
- Medical scientist
Summary
Ann Woolcock was Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Sydney 1984-2001. She was an expert on asthma.
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Chronology
- 1961
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital
- 1961
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Adelaide
- 1962
- Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Broken Hill and District Hospital
- 1963
- Career position - Research Fellow at the Page Chest Pavillion at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1964 - 1968
- Career position - Research Fellow at the Page Chest Pavillion and Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney
- 1967
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Sydney
- 1969
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow at the Asthma Foundation of NSW and the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney
- 1970
- Career position - Basser Research Fellow at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1971
- Career position - Visiting Medical Officer at the Repatriation General Hospital in Concord
- 1971
- Career position - Clinical Supervisor (medical) at the Repatriation General Hospital Concord
- 1973 - ?
- Career position - Visiting Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1973
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney
- 1973 - 1992
- Career position - Board of Directors of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales
- 1975 - ?
- Career position - Convenor of the National Asthma Workshop
- 1975 - 1980
- Career position - Chairman of the Medical Coordinating Committee of the Council of Asthma Foundations of Australia
- 1976
- Career position - Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney
- 1977 - ?
- Career position - Head of the Department of Thoracic Medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1978 - ?
- Career position - Board of Directors of the Community Health and Anti-Tuberculosis Association of New South Wales
- 1984
- Career position - Professor of Respiratory Medicine (Personal Chair) at the University of Sydney
- 1985 - ?
- Career position - Director of the Institute of Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1989
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
- 1992 -
- Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1992
- Career position - Life Governor of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales
- 1993
- Award - Fisons Medal received from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1999), 191 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Smith, Babette, 'Ann Janet Woolcock 1937-2001', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (2) (2014), 313-36, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14023. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17711341. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/48202671. Details
- 'Woolcock, A (1937-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-492774. Details
Resource Sections
- Stone, Johnathon, 'Interview with Professor Ann Woolcock (1937-2001)', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/w/woolcock.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 15 June 2022