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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-12-03 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004541b.htm person Rand Michael AACR2 19 August 1927 9 May 2002 Place of Birth Freckenham, Suffolk, England Place of Death Victoria, Australia Pharmacologist Toxicologist Michael Rand was professor of pharmacology at the University of Melbourne 1965-1991. His research was in autopharmacology, the pharmacological study of the natural constituents of the body which have regulatory roles. In particular he worked on serotonin, the cholinergic-link (also called the Burn-Rand hypothesis), and autonomic neuroeffector transmission. He was an international leader in research on nitregenic transmitters. Rand was tireless in advancing the disciplines of pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and toxicology in Australia and internationally. He served on numerous committees on poisons, evaluation of pesticides and agricultural chemicals, and the acceptance of food additives for Victorian, national and international organisations. With W. C. Bowman he published Textbook of pharmacology (1968, 2nd ed. 1980) which was considered internationally as a major text in the field. 1953 1956 Career position - Fellowship in Sydney 1957 1957 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney 1957 1958 Career position - Departmental Demonstrator, University of Oxford, UK 1958 1959 Career position - Australia and New Zealand Life Insurance Research Fellow, University of Oxford and the University of Sydney 1960 1965 Career position - Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of London 1965 1991 Career position - Professor of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne 1966 1966 Career position - Founding Member, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists 1969 Career position - Chairman, WHO/FAO Expert Committee on Food Additives 1970 1976 Career position - Member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Heart Foundation 1970 2002 Career position - Member of the Australian Tobacco Research Foundation 1972 2002 Career position - Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Toxicology 1973 1986 Career position - Editor-in-Chief, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 1974 1974 Career position - President, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists 1984 2002 Career position - Trustee of the International Life Sciences Institute of Australia 1985 2002 Career position - Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Autonomic Pharmacology 1987 1987 Career position - President and Chair of the National Organising Committee, 10th International Congress of Pharmacology, Sydney 1987 1987 Career position - President, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists 1987 2002 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Food Additives and Contaminants 1989 1991 Career position - President, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 1991 1996 Career position - Commissioner of the National Food Authority (part-time) 1991 2002 Career position - Adjunct Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, later RMIT University 1991 2002 Career position - Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne 1993 2002 Career position - Chairman, Smoking and Health Research Foundation 1999 2002 Career position - President, Southeast Asian/Western Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (1960 - 1992)

Adjunct Professor 1991 - 2002

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Pharmacology 1965 - 1991

 Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society (1960 - )

President 1989 - 1991

 Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (1966 - )

Founding Member 1966; President 1973, 1987

 Rand, Michael (1927-2002)

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 'Rand, Michael', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rand, Michael Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Obituary: Professor Michael Rand, Experimental pharmacologist and toxicologist Jones, Philip Obituary: Professor Michael Rand, Experimental pharmacologist and toxicologist 2002 The Age Journal Article: Pharmacology down under including toxicological sciences Rand, M. J. Pharmacology down under including toxicological sciences 1987 Trends in Pharmacological Science 8 237-42 Journal Article: Adventures in autopharmacology: a biographic view with digressions into other matters Rand, M. J. Adventures in autopharmacology: a biographic view with digressions into other matters 1993 Annual review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 33 25-44 Journal Article: Obituary: Michael John Rand (1927 - 2002) Story, D. Obituary: Michael John Rand (1927 - 2002) 2002 Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 29 9 856-8 Journal Article: The Roche Research Institute of Marine Pharmacology, 1974-1981: Searching for Drug Leads Rae, Ian D. The Roche Research Institute of Marine Pharmacology, 1974-1981: Searching for Drug Leads 2009 Historical Records of Australian Science 20 2 209-231