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Westbury, Harvey Arthur (1941 - 2024)

Born
27 November 1941
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
20 March 2024
Sunshine Beach, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Veterinary scientist

Summary

Harvey Westbury was a veterinary scientist whose interest was initially poultry viruses. For ten years he worked at the research laboratories of the Victorian Department of Agriculture, including as Head of the Virology Section at the Attwood laboratory. Here he was heavily involved in control of Australia's first outbreak of avian influenza, in Victoria in 1976, and in later outbreaks elsewhere in Australia. In 1986 Westbury joined the Australian Animal Health Laboratory. While there he conducted research on avian influenza, Newcastle disease, Hendra and Nipah viruses, Australian bat lyssavirus, Menangle virus, pilchard herpesvirus, hog cholera virus and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (rabbit calicivirus). Westbury retired as Chief Research Scientist in 2002.

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In 1995 Westbury was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as team leader (with Alex Hyatt and colleagues: team leader Keith Murray) of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory team, for the discovery of a previously unknown equine morbillivirus.

Chronology

1968
Education - MVSc, University of Melbourne
1975 - 1986
Career position - Research scientist, Veterinary Research Institute (Parkville) and Veterinary Research Laboratory (Attwood), Victorian department of Agriculture
1976
Education - PhD, University of Sydney
1983
Career position - Visiting scientist, World Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, United Kingdom
1986 - 2002
Career position - Principal (later Chief) Research Scientist, Australian Animal Health Laboratory
1987 - 2002?
Career position - Head, Diagnostic Sciences program, Australian Animal Health Laboratory
1995
Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as team leader (withKeith Murray, Alex Hyatt and colleagues)
2002
Life event - Retired
2016
Award - DVSc, University of Sydney
2017
Award - University of Sydney Alumni Award for Professional Achievement in Veterinary Science

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