Person
Faine, Solomon (Solly) (1926 - 2021)
- Born
- 17 August 1926
Wellington, New Zealand - Died
- 4 February 2021
- Occupation
- Microbiologist and University Administrator
Summary
Solly Faine was a microbiologist renowned for his pioneering research on the bacterial genus Leptospira, and the pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology and control of potentially fatal disease leptospirosis. This disease of animals can spread to humans through contact with infected animal urine. Faine participated in a number of WHO committees on zoonotic diseases over an extended period, including over 30 years an a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Zoonomes. Other research interests included sterilisation and hospital infection. Faine was Professor of Microbiology at Monash University from 1968 to 1991. For much of that time he was Head of the Department, and largely responsible for its high standards of research and teaching. Faine was President of the Australian Society of Microbiology from 1969 to 1970. His contributions to microbiology internationally included Membership of the Executive Board of the International Union of Microbiological Societies, and of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology and its Taxonomic Committee on Leptospira.
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Chronology
- ? - 1996
- Career position - Member, International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology
- 1946
- Education - BMedSc, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1949
- Education - MB, ChB, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1950 - 1952
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1953 - 1955
- Career position - Demonstrator, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford
- 1955
- Education - DPhil, University of Oxford
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Lecturer in Bacteriology and Microbiology, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1958
- Education - MD, University of New Zealand
- 1959
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- 1959 - 1963
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Sydney
- 1963 - 1968
- Career position - Associate Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Sydney
- 1968 - 1989
- Career position - Head, Department of Microbiology, Monash University
- 1968 - 1991
- Career position - Consultant Microbiologist, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1968 - 1991
- Career position - Professor of Microbiology, Monash University
- 1969 - 1970
- Career position - President, Australian Society of Microbiology
- 1969 - 2002
- Career position - Consultant, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Zoonomes
- 1972
- Career position - French-Australian exchange Scientist, Pasteur Institute, France
- 1973 - 1982
- Career position - Member, Taxonomic Committee on Leptospira, International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology
- 1974 - 1977
- Career position - Chief Examiner in Microbiology and Member, Board of Censors, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia
- 1974 - 1978
- Career position - Vice-Chairman, Bacteriology Division, International Union of Microbiological Societies
- 1974 - 1991
- Career position - Consultant Microbiologist, Caulfield General Medical Centre, Melbourne
- 1978 - 1982
- Career position - Chairman, Bacteriology Division, International Union of Microbiological Societies
- 1979 - 1992
- Award - Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
- 1990 - 1999
- Career position - Consultant Microbiologist, Maroondah Hospital, Melbourne
- 1990 - 2011
- Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Society for Microbiology
- 1992 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Monash University
- 1992 - 2005
- Career position - Principal, MediSci Consulting and Writing
- 1992 - 2021
- Award - Emeritus Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
- 2000
- Award - Marco Longo Lecturer, Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, United Kingdom
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See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 24 April 2023