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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Chronology

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 - 1982

Career position - Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council

1981 - 1989

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

1983 - 1985

Career position - Senior Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council

1984

Award - Gottschalk Medal, Australian Academy of Science

1985 - 1989

Career position - Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council

1989 - 1993

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

1989 - 1993

Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council

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

1991 - 1998

Career position - Member, Medical Research Committee and Chairman, Grants Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council

1992

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

1993 -

Career position - Executive Editor, Clinical and experimental pharmacology

1993 - 1997

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

1993 - 2003

Career position - Head, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne

1993 - 2003

Career position - Chair of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne

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, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1996 - 1997

Career position - President, Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology

1997 - 1998

Career position - Deputy Vice-President, Academic Board, University of Melbourne

1998 - 2002

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

1998 - 2003

Career position - Director, Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery, University of Melbourne

1998 - 2003

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

1998 - 2005

Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

1999

Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Acta pharmacologica sinica

1999 - 2000

Career position - Vice-President, Academic Board, University of Melbourne

1999 - 2001

Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne

2000 - 2001

Career position - President, Academic Board, University of Melbourne

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and to science in pharmacology

2001 - 2004

Career position - Councillor of the Australian Academy of Science

2002 -

Award - Fellow, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences

2002 - 2003

Career position - Chair, Panel D, Program Grants Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council

2002 - 2003

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

2002 - 2006

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

2002 - 2007

Career position - Board Member, CRC for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation Board (HEAR CRC)

2002 - 2007

Career position - Chair, Pharmaceutical Education Council

2002 - 2010

Career position - Board Member, Bionic Ear Institute

2003 -

Career position - Board Member, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

2003 -

Career position - Board Member, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria

2003 - 2007

Career position - Director, St Vincent's Institute for Medical Research

2003 - 2009

Career position - Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia

2003 - 2009

Career position - Board Member, Australian International Health Institute

2003 - 2009

Career position - Board Member, National Ageing Research Institute

2003 - 2012

Career position - Board Member, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine

2003 - 2013

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

2004 -

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

2004 -

Career position - Member of the Melbourne Health Board

2006 - 2008

Career position - Chair, Australian Health Information Council

2006 - 2008

Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Genetic Services Victoria

2006 - 2008

Career position - Member, National Health Information Management Principle Committee

2006 - 2009

Career position - Deputy President, Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand

2007 -

Career position - Member, Steering Committee, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

2007 -

Career position - Director, Victor Smorgon Institute at Epworth Hospital

2008 -

Career position - Member, Medical Schools Accreditation Committee, Australian Medical Council

2009 - 2011

Career position - President, Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand

2010

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for distinguished service to biomedical research, particularly in the fields of pharmacology and cardiovascular disease, as a leading academic and medical educator, and as a contributor to a range of advisory boards and professional organisations both nationally and internationally

2012 -

Career position - Director, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine

2014 -

Career position - Emeritus and Honorary Professorial Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne

2014 - 2016

Career position - Director, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

2015 -

Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS)

2015 -

Career position - President, National Stroke Foundation

2015 - 2016

Career position - Chairman, Victorian Genetics and Genomics Advisory Committee

2016 -

Career position - Chairman, Independent Medical Advisory Committee on Medicinal Cannabis (Victoria)

2017 -

Career position - Chairman, Australian Advisory Committee on Medicinal Use of Cannabis

Related entries

Published resources

Resources

• 'James Angus - Citation at year of election, 1996', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/james-angus. Details
• 'Angus, James Alexander (1949-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474897. Details

See also

• Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2010], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2010. https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2010/Media%20Notes%20AO%20%28final%29.pdf. Details
• Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details