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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000910b.htm person Wood Ian Jeffreys Kt AACR2 5 February 1903 1 September 1986 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Richmond, Victoria, Australia Medical scientist Physician Ian Wood was a medical scientist who pioneered blood transfusion in Australia, and intravenous infusions of saline and glucose. He worked closely with the Red Cross in introducing the concept of blood banks, and advocating their establishment across the country. While serving with the Australian Imperial Force during WWII he was one of the leaders in the organization of blood supply for the Australian Armed Forces, especially in the Middle East, and initiated blood typing for recruits. In 1954 Wood became Head of the Clinical Unit of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and a leader in clinical research in Australia. Much of his research focused on gastroenterology: he invented the gastric biopsy tube which is now widely used. His unit also studied gastritis and chronic hepatitis, a little-known disease where autoimmunity was recognised as an important determinant. Wood's colleagues at the Institute included Gustav Nossal, Ian MacKay, and McFarlane Burnet to whom he served as Assistant Director of the Institute from 1948 to 1963. After retiring in 1963 Wood was consulting physician to the Royal Melbourne Hospital until 1978 when he also retired from private practice. He published over 70 medical and research papers. 1927 1927 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1927 1929 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital 1929 1929 Career event - Joined the Australian Army Medical Corps, Citizen Military Forces 1929 1932 Career position - Medical officer, Royal Children's Hospital 1930 1930 Education - MD, University of Melbourne 1932 1934 Career position - House physician, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London 1932 1944 Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London 1935 1935 Award - Marion Carty Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1936 1939 Career position - Out-patient physician, Children's Hospital, Melbourne 1938 1986 Education - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1939 1945 Military service - Served with the Australian Imperial Force (including in the Middle East, North Africa and New Guinea) 1942 1942 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his work in North Africa and the Middle East 1944 1986 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London September 1945 September 1945 Career event - Transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Australian Imperial Force 1946 1963 Career position - Foundation Head, Clinical Research Unit, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in associationn with Royal Melbourne Hospital 1948 1963 Career position - Assistant Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1951 1951 Award - Litchfield Lecturer, University of Oxford 1963 1978 Career position - Consultant Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1974 1974 Award - Neil Hamilton Fairley Medal, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1976 1976 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1978 1978 Life event - Retired from private practice 1983 1983 Award - Distinguished Service Medal, Gastroenterological Society of Australia Mackay, Ian Reay (1922 - 2020) Burnet, Frank Macfarlane (1899 - 1985) Nossal, Gustav Joseph Victor (1931 - ) Clinical Research Unit, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1945 - 1996)

Head 1946 - 1963

 Royal Melbourne Hospital (1935 - )

Consultant Physician 1963 - 1978

 The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1915 - )

Assistant Director 1948 - 1963

 Neil Hamilton Fairley Medal, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1969 - )

Awarded the Medal 1974

Wikidata

 Wood, Ian J (19030205-19860901)

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 'Wood, Ian Jeffreys', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wood, Ian Jeffreys Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Ian Jefferys Wood Guide to Records McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar Ian Jefferys Wood Guide to Records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2004 Book: Discovery & healing in peace and war : an autobiography, Ian J. Wood Wood, Ian J. Discovery & healing in peace and war : an autobiography, Ian J. Wood Toorak, Victoria I.J. Wood 1984 Book: Diffuse lesions of the stomach : an account with special reference to the value of gastric biopsy Wood, Ian J. and Taft, Leon I. Diffuse lesions of the stomach : an account with special reference to the value of gastric biopsy London E. Arnold 1958 Journal Article: Appreciation of Frank Macfarlane Burnet Wood, I. J. Appreciation of Frank Macfarlane Burnet 1965 Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 43 327-336 Book: Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians McDonald, G. L. Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sydney Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1988-1994 Resource Section: Sir Ian Jeffreys Wood b. 5 February 1903 d. 1 September 1986 Kt.(1976), MBE (1942), MB BS Melb (1927), MD,(1929), MRCP (1932), FRACP (1938) FRCP(1944) MacKay, Ian Sir Ian Jeffreys Wood b. 5 February 1903 d. 1 September 1986 Kt.(1976), MBE (1942), MB BS Melb (1927), MD,(1929), MRCP (1932), FRACP (1938) FRCP(1944) London Royal College of Physicians 2019 Inspiring physicians Book: The Papers of Ian Jeffreys Wood (1903-1986) McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar The Papers of Ian Jeffreys Wood (1903-1986) Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1987 Journal Article: The Military Spur to Australian Medical Research Anderson, Warwick The Military Spur to Australian Medical Research 2013 Health and History 15 1 80-103 Book Section: Wood, Sir Ian Jeffreys (1903-1986), physician and medical scientist Gregory, Alan Wood, Sir Ian Jeffreys (1903-1986), physician and medical scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 627-8 Journal Article: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 Fenner, Frank Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 CSIRO Publishing 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 39-77 Ian Jeffreys Wood - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Ian Jeffreys Wood - Records 1902 - 1985 Personal and professional papers, including correspondence, publications (reprints and books), notes and working papers, drafts, lecture notes and reports, teaching materials, press cuttings, material relating to Wood's autobiography, medical records, photographs and other material; overall dates 1902-85 [23 boxes]. 23 boxes Photographs