Person
Kincaid-Smith, Priscilla Sheath (1926 - 2015)
AC CBE
- Born
- 30 October 1926
Johannesburg, South Africa - Died
- 18 July 2015
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Medical scientist
Summary
Priscilla Kincaid-Smith was Director of Nephrology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital 1967-1991, Professor of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1975-1991 and Physician in Nephrology, Royal Women's Hospital 1976-1991. Around the early 1960s she demonstrated overwhelming evidence of the link between headache powders and kidney damage and campaigned strongly against their use. She also made substantial contributions to research on the link between the kidneys and high blood pressure. Kincaid-Smith later worked in the Department of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
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Chronology
- 1946
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at Witwatersrand University
- 1950
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Bachelor of Surgery (BCh) completed at the Witwatersrand University
- 1951 - 1953
- Career position - Resident positions in Medicine and Surgery, and Registrar in Medicine at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1953 - 1955
- Career position - Training for Diploma in Clinical Pathology and Registrar in Morbid Anatomy at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London
- 1954
- Education - Diploma of Clinical Pathology (DCP) completed at the London University
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Registrar and Senior Registrar appointments in Medicine at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital in London and Obstetric Liaison Officer reviewing all medical complications of pregnancy
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - Research Fellow in the Clinical Research Unit at the Baker Institute and Alfred Hospital
- 1959 - 1965
- Career position - Honorary Physician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
- 1961 - 1965
- Career position - Senior Associate in Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne
- 1961 - 1966
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council and Senior Research Fellow at the Wellcome Fellowship
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Clinical Instructor and part-time Lecturer at Monash University
- 1966
- Career position - Associate in Medicine at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Senior Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council
- 1966
- Career position - Honorary Physician at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - First Assistant in Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne
- 1968
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1969
- Award - Director of Nephrology at the Epworth Hospital. Eric Sussman Prize received from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1969 - 1975
- Career position - Reader in Medicine at the University of Melbourne
- 1970 - 1972
- Career position - President of the Australasian Society of Nephrology
- 1972 - 1975
- Career position - President of the International Society of Nephrology
- 1975
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1975 - 1991
- Career position - Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne
- 1979
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from Witwatersrand University
- 1980 - 1984
- Career position - Chairman of the Macfarlane Burnet Scholarship Selection Committee
- 1986 - 1988
- Career position - President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1986 - 1990
- Career position - President of the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology
- 1986 - 1997
- Career position - Chairman of the National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee
- 1988 - 1991
- Career position - Chairman of the Specialist Appeal Committee 1988 and Chairman of the Victorian AIDs Advisory Committee
- 1988 - 1997
- Career position - Chairman of the Working Party, Specialist Advisory Committee
- 1989
- Award - David Hume Award received from the National Kidney Foundation (USA) Inc. New York
- 1989
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - For service to medicine, particularly in the field of Nephrology
- 1989 - 1996
- Career position - Chairman of the Board of Directors at Australian Medical Publishing Company
- 1990
- Award - Leon Chesley Award received from the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
- 1990 - 1995
- Career position - Chairman at the Australian Medical Association Federal Council
- 1991 -
- Career position - Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne
- 1991 -
- Career position - Chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS
- 1991
- Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - President of the Australasian Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
- 1992
- Award - Sir William Upjohn Medal received (for distinguished service to Medicine to any Graduate of any University) from the University of Melbourne
- 1992 - 1994
- Career position - President of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
- 1993
- Award - John F. Peters Award received from the American Society of Nephrology
- 1994 - 1995
- Career position - President of the World Medical Association
- 1996
- Award - Life Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1997 -
- Career position - Chairman of the Human Services Task Force for Women's Health
- 1997
- Award - Jean Hamburger Award (nephrology) received
- 1997
- Award - Australian Achiever Award received from the National Australia Day Council
- 1997
- Award - 75th Jubilee Medal (Health Sciences) received from the University of Witwatersrand
- 1998 -
- Career position - Chairman of the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs - Korean Veteran's Mortality Study - Study Advisory committee
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
Articles
- Buzacott-Speer, Eliza, 'Obituary: Taboo-breaking doctor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith remembered as trailblazer for women', ABC News (2015), http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-21/trailblazing-female-scientist-priscilla-kincaid-smith-remembered/6637276. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, '[Reitrment of] Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith', Chiron: journal of the University of Melbourne Medical Society, 2 (5) (1992), 27. Details
- Cameron, J.S., 'Presentation of the 1997 Jean Hamburger Award to Renee Habib and Priscilla Kincaid-Smith', Kidney International, 51 (1997), 2056-2062. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4793898. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/120125711. Details
- 'Kincaid-Smith, Priscilla (1926-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-494357. Details
- 'Awarded honorary LLD, 1991', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Kincaid-Smith, Priscilla Sheath (1926-), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0107b.htm. Details
- Blythe, Max, 'Interview with Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2 April 1998, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/k/pks.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 15 June 2022