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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002185b.htm person Gordon Douglas AACR2 19 April 1911 October 1993 Place of Birth Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Queensland, Australia Medical scientist Epidemiologist Douglas Gordon was one of the founders of occupational medicine in Australia. His interests were in workplace safety and diseases (especially in mines, abattoirs and cane fields), and the epidemiology of skin cancer, for which he was known internationally. He was one of the first to express concern about ozone depletion. Gordon's writings include the social medicine textbook Health, sickness and society (1976) and papers on medial history. After ten years as Director of Industrial Medicine for the Queensland Department of Health he was appointed inaugural Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Queensland. Medical sociology and occupational medicine became integral to the courses taught to all students. He successfully argued for the need for a Chair of Community Practice at the University, and was influential in the establishment of Departments of Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work. For many years Gordon played a key role in the Queensland Cancer Fund and chaired its Medical and Scientific Advisory committee. 1942 1942 Education - MB BS, University of Queensland 1942 1943 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Mater Hospital, Brisbane and Ipswich Hospital 1943 1945 Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Air Force 1946 1957 Career position - Director of Industrial Medicine, Queensland Health Department 1957 1967 Career position - Member of Council, Queensland Branch, British Medical Association 1957 1976 Career position - Foundation Professor of Social and Preventive medicine, University of Queensland 1961 1961 Award - Jackson Oration, Queensland Branch, British Medical Association 1962 1967 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland 1968 1993 Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1969 1969 Award - Bancroft Oration, Australian Medical Association Queensland 1976 1976 Life event - Retired 1978 1978 Career position - Fellow, Royal Australian College of Medial Administrators 1986 1986 Award - Doctor of Medicine (MD), honoris causa, University of Queensland 1992 1992 Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine 1993 1993 Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Faculty of Occupational Medicine The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Foundation Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine 1957 - 1976; Dean, Faculty of Medicine 1962 - 1976

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Fellow 1968 - 1993

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 'Gordon, Douglas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gordon, Douglas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Professor Emeritus Douglas Gordon Pearn, John H. Professor Emeritus Douglas Gordon 1994 Medical Journal of Australia 160 299 Journal Article: Health and Medicine in Australia, 1788-1988 Lancaster, H. O.; and Gordon, D. Health and Medicine in Australia, 1788-1988 1988 Reference Australia 2 May 21-49 Book: Mad Dogs and Englishmen Went out in the Queensland Sun: Health Aspects of the Settlement of Tropical Queensland Gordon, Douglas Mad Dogs and Englishmen Went out in the Queensland Sun: Health Aspects of the Settlement of Tropical Queensland Brisbane Amphion Press 1990 Resource: Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland 2023 Douglas Gordon - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Douglas Gordon - Records OM78-22/1 1863 - 1908 Transcripts from the "Brisbane Courier", Queensland Hansard and Votes and Proceedings and the major medical journals regarding public health, social and preventative medicine, infant mortality and medical history in Queensland; overall dates 1863-1908 [67 volumes, OM78-22/1]. 67 volumes