Person

Rieckmann, Karl Heinz Walter (1933 - )

Born
1933
Cairo, Egypt
Occupation
Medical scientist

Summary

Karl Rieckmann is noted for his research into malaria, parasitology, drug resistance and pharmacology. For eight years he worked in Papua New Guinea on trials to eliminate malaria and elephantitis, another disease where mosquitos are the vectors, followed by in the United States assessing drug-resistance of malarial parasites. Between 1989 and 2006 he was Director of the Army Malaria Research Unit (later the Australian Army Research Institution) in Brisbane. Rieckmann served for 32 years on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Malaria. Among his research publications are papers on the history of malaria research in Australia.

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Chronology

1950
Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family
1957
Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide
1958
Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Adelaide Hospital
1958 - 1966
Career position - Medical Officer, Department of Public Health, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
1961
Education - Diploma in Public Health, University of Sydney
1966
Award - Senior Fulbright Scholar
1966 - 1971
Career position - Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
1971 - 1983
Career position - Assistant Professor of Medicine and Chief, Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
1973 - 2005
Career position - Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Malaria
1983 - 1985?
Career position - Professor, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
1989 - 1997
Career position - Director, Army Malaria Research Unit
1997 - 2004
Career position - Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland
1997 - 2006
Career position - Director, Australian Army Research Institute
2004 - 2015
Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland

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Journal Articles

  • Howie-Willis, Ian, 'Australian military malariology comes of age (part 5 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology")', Journal of Military and Veterans' History, 25 (3) (2017), 42-60. Details
  • Rieckmann, Karl H.; and Sweeney, Anthony W., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements first decade: 1965 - 1975', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 20 (2) (2012), 17-24. Details
  • Rieckmann, Karl H.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Sweeney, Anthony W., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements second decade: 1975 - 1985', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 20 (3) (2012), 9-20. Details
  • Rieckmann, Karl H.; Frances, Stephen P.; Kotecka, Barbara M.; Cooper, Robert D.; Shanks, G. Dennis, Sweeney, Anthony W.; and Edstein, Michael D., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements third decade (2nd half): 1990 - 1995', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 21 (2) (2013), 36-56. Details
  • Rieckmann, Karl H.; Sweeney, Anthony W.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Frances, Stephen P., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements third decade (1st half): 1985 - 1990', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 20 (4) (2012), 59-70. Details
  • Rieckmann, Karl H.; Sweeney, Anthony W.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Frances, Stephen P., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements fourth decade (2nd half): 2000 - 2005', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 23 (1) (2015), 10-4. Details
  • Rieckmann, Karl H.; Sweeney, Anthony W.; Edstein, Michael D.; Cooper, Robert D.; and Frances, Stephen P., 'Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements fifth decade: 2006 - 2015', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 24 (1) (2016), 25-44. Details

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