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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-11 human Annette Alafaci updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004710b.htm person Penny Ronald AO AACR2 1936 Physician Immunologist Ronald Penny is a clinical immunologist who was the inaugural Director of St Vincent's Hospital's Centre for Immunology in Sydney. The Centre was formed from Penny's Clinical Immunology Unit at the at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - the first to be established in New South Wales. In 1982 the Centre became the first to identify Australia's first case of HIV-AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Since then Penny has been a frontrunner in AIDS research in Australia. 1960s 1960s Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New South Wales 1960 1960 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Sydney 1965 1965 Career position - Began specialising in immunology 1979 1979 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of New South Wales 1983 Career position - Inaugural Director of St Vincent's Hospital's Centre for Immunology in Sydney 1985 1985 Career position - Established Australia's first AIDS unit, St Vincent's Hospital 1988 Career position - Personal Chair in Clinical Immunology, University of New South Wales 1993 1993 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) Penny, Ronald (1936-)

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 'Penny, Ronald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Penny, Ronald Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health Murray, James Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health Edgecliff, NSW Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd] 1997