Person

Armstrong, Bruce Konrad (1944 - )

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Born
13 August 1944
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Medical researcher

Summary

Bruce Armstrong is a leader in cancer research and management and is an authority on the causes and prevention of skin cancer and melanoma. He has also made important contributions towards the understanding of the causes and control of other cancers, high blood pressure and heart disease. To date, Armstrong has written close to 400 scientific publications and has presented his groups' findings at numerous national and international conferences and institutes. Presently he is employed as Professor of Public Health and Head of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, Honorary Epidemiologist with the Cancer Council New South Wales, Conjoint Professor of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Newcastle, Honorary Consultant in Clinical Epidemiology at the Sydney Cancer Centre, and Adjunct Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University. Despite this massive workload, Armstrong still finds time to be an active member, and often office bearer, of a multitude of scientific, medical and legislative organizations and societies. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM). He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to medicine through research in cancer epidemiology.

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Chronology

1967
Education - Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours (BMSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Western Australia
1969
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) with honours completed at the University of Western Australia
1969 - 1970
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Perth Hospital
1971
Career position - Medical Registrar at the Royal Perth Hospital
1972
Education - Diploma of Membership of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1972
Career position - Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Western Australia
1972
Career position - Relieving Clinical Assistant Physician at the Royal Perth Hospital
1972 - 1975
Career position - Honorary Registrar and Locum Consultant Physician (sessional) at United Oxford Hospitals
1975
Career event - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
1975
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Oxford, UK
1976 - 1977
Career position - Specialist Physician at the Repatriation General Hospital in Western Australia
1976 - 1979
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Western Australia
1977 - 1979
Career position - Director of Health Research and Planning in the Public Health Department of Western Australia
1979 - 1988
Career position - Director of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Unit in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Western Australia
1985 - 1986
Career position - Visiting Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington,, USA`
1987 - 1988
Career position - Head of the Division of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Western Australia
1987 - 1988
Career position - Professor of Epidemiology and Researcher at the University of Western Australia (funded by the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia)
1988 - 1990
Career position - Commissioner of Health for Western Australia with the Health Department of Western Australia
1990
Career event - Foundation Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM)
1990 - 1991
Career position - Consultant Epidemiologist and Public Health Physician in private practice
1991 - 1993
Career position - Deputy Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France
1994 -
Career position - Adjunct Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
1994 - 1996
Career position - Director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
1995 - 1998
Career position - Member of the National Cancer Advisory Committee and Executive of the Australian Cancer Network
1996 -
Career position - Honorary Consultant in Clinical Epidemiology at the Sydney Cancer Centre, Central Sydney Area Health Service
1996 - 2002
Career position - Director of Cancer Research and Registers Division at the Cancer Council New South Wales
1998 -
Career position - Conjoint Professor at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle in New South Wales
1998
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to medicine through research into cancer epidemiology
1998 - 2002
Career position - Chair of the Cancer Strategies Group of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
2000 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society and science in epidemiology
2002 -
Career position - Honorary Epidemiologist with the Cancer Council New South Wales
2002 -
Career position - Professor of Public Health and Head School of Public Health at the University of Sydney

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