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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003343b.htm person Bishop Ruth Frances AC AACR2 12 May 1933 12 May 2022 Place of Birth Dandenong, Victoria, Australia Microbiologist Virologist Ruth Bishop was a microbiologist noted as leader of the team that discovered human rotavirus, the most common cause of gastroenteritis in children. The development of a vaccine led to a successful vaccination program for all infants in Australia since 2007 and of millions of infants world-wide. Further research was directed to the development of a vaccine for babies at birth, for use in developing countries where this is likely to be the only time such children see a doctor. Bishop played key roles in WHO initiatives in vaccine development and research into diarrhoeal diseases. Bishop was a research assistant at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, where she worked in the Department of Gastroenterology as a microbiologist. She was later appointed a Research associate in the University of Melbourne's Department of Paediatrics. 1954 1954 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1958 1958 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1961 1961 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1962 1965 Career position - Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom 1968 1974 Career position - Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 1968 1974 Career position - Research Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne 1975 1979 Career position - Senior Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 1978 1978 Career position - President, Paediatric Research Association of Australia 1978 1978 Award - Selwyn-Smith Prize for Clinical Research, University of Melbourne 1978 1978 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1978 2008 Career position - Fellow, Australian Society for Microbiology 1980 1983 Career position - Chairman, Biosafety Committee, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne 1980 1989 Career position - Principal Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 1981 1989 Career position - Senior Associate, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne 1983 1985 Career position - Chairman, Steering Committee of the Global Scientific Working Group on Viral Diarrhoeal Disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) 1989 Career position - Director, WHO Collaborating Laboratory for Research on Human Rotaviruses 1989 1992 Career position - Member of Committee, WHO Program for Vaccine Development 1990 1991 Career position - Chief Executive Officer, Research Foundation, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Melbourne 1990 1994 Career position - Professorial Associate, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne 1991 1992 Career position - Director, Amrad Corporation 1991 1999 Career position - Member, Regional Grants Interviewing Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council 1992 Career position - Special Advisor, Programme for Vaccine Development, WHO/UNDP 1992 1999 Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 1994 1994 Award - Gold Medal, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne 1995 2015 Career position - Professorial Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne 11 Jun 1996 11 Jun 1996 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - in recognition of service to medical research, particularly for her contributions to the understanding of gastroenteritis in children 1997 1997 Award - White Flame Award, Save the Children Fund, Melbourne 1997 1997 Award - Warren Hayes Memorial Medal, Committee for Melbourne 1998 1998 Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation 1998 1998 Award - Pasteur Award, Children's Vaccine Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland 1999 Career position - Director, National Rotavirus Surveillance Centre 1999 2009 Career position - Member, Rotavirus Working Group, Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program 1999 2009 Career position - Senior Principal Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne 2001 2001 Award - Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2008 2022 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2008 2022 Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Society for Microbiology 2009 2009 Award - Doctor of Medical Science (DMedSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 2009 2015 Award - Honorary Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne 2011 2011 Award - Prince Mahidol Award in the Field of Public Health, Thailand 2013 2013 Award - CSL Florey Medal, Australian Institute of Policy and Science 10 Jun 2019 10 Jun 2019 Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to global child health through the development of improved vaccines for paediatric gastroenteritis, and to medical research Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1991 - 2015)

Received the Award 1998, from the Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professorial Fellow, Department of Paediatrics 1995 - 2015

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

Honorary Fellow 2008 - 2022

 Murdoch Children's Research Institute (1986 - )

Senior Principal Research Fellow 1999 - 2009; Honorary Fellow 2009 - 2015

 Australian Society for Microbiology (1959 - )

Fellow, 1978 - 2008; Honorary Life Fellow 2008 - 2022

 Florey Medal, Australian Institute of Policy and Science (1998 - )

Awarded CSL Florey Medal 2013

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 Bishop, Ruth Frances (1933-)

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 'Bishop, Ruth Frances', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bishop, Ruth Frances Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Journal Article: Ruth Bishop Cytowicz, Barbara Ruth Bishop 2000 Australasian Science 21 9 46 Resource Section: Florey Medal Australian Institute of Policy and Science Florey Medal Sydney Australian Institute of Policy and Science 2024 Journal Article: Professor Ruth Francis Bishop Barnes, Graeme; and Bishop, Tom Professor Ruth Francis Bishop 2022 Chiron Journal Article: Vale Professor Ruth Frances Bishop AC 1933 - 2022 Donato, Celeste M.; Barnes, Graeme; and Bines, Julie E. Vale Professor Ruth Frances Bishop AC 1933 - 2022 2022 Microbiology Australia 43 3 144