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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-19 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004923b.htm person Hayward Nancy Joan AACR2 1916 June 1989 Place of Birth Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Microbiologist Educator Nancy Joan Hayward was an Australian microbiologist who did groundbreaking work on the rapid identification of Cl. Welchii bacterial infections using the Nagler reaction, during World War II.

Having achieved her Masters degree, Hayward initially travelled to England to undertake a Diploma in Bacteriology but the course was cancelled in light of the war.

Hayward was then awarded Medical Research Council grant to work at the Emergency Medical Service Laboratory, Watford, instructing army pathologists. While there, Hayward devised a highly successful method of testing for the bacterium Clostridium welchii (perfringens), a major cause of gangrene amongst the war wounded. She published her findings in the paperRapid identification of Cl. Welchii by the Nagler reaction (1941).

In 1943 she published The rapid identification of Cl. welchii by Nagler tests in plate cultures, a paper refining her methods.

After the war she returned to Australia, having been awarded a PhD for her work on Cl. Welchii (1946). On her return she spent time collaborating with Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop.

She then worked at the University of Melbourne, with S. D. Rubbo from 1946 to 1952, and with E.S.J. King from 1959 to 1966.

Hayward also returned to the UK to work in 1963-64 and 1976.

Hayward worked in the Microbiology Department of the Alfred Hospital from 1978 until the end of her career.

She published many significant papers on bacterial infection identification and intestinal flora and bacteria.

1938? 1938? Education - Master of Science (MSc), for work on the effect of sulphapyridine in meningococcal meningitis in children 1939 1939 Career position - Awarded Medical Research Council Grant to work in the Emergency Medical Service Laboratory, Watford 1939 1939 Life event - Travelled to England 1941 1941 Publication - Paper: Rapid identification of Cl. Welchii by the Nagler reaction in the British Medical Journal 1943 1943 Publication - Paper: The rapid identification of Cl. welchii by Nagler tests in plate cultures in The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 1946 1946 Career position - Appointed to the Bacteriology Department, University of Melbourne 1946 1946 Education - Awarded PhD for research on anaerobic infection in war wounds, University College Hospital Medical School, London 1946 1959 Career position - Appointed to the Bacteriology Department, University of Melbourne 1959 1966 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Pathology Department, University of Melbourne 1963 1964 Career event - Worked in the Bacteriology Department, University of Edinburgh 1966 1978? Career position - Appointed to new Department of Microbiology, Monash University 1974 1974 Career event - Worked with Professor William Gillespie in Bristol studying urinary tract infections 1978? Career position - Appointed to the Microbiology Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Hayward, Nancy Joan (1916-19890630)

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 'Hayward, Nancy Joan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hayward, Nancy Joan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary Notice Nancy Joan Hayward 1916-1989 Stokes, E.J. Obituary Notice Nancy Joan Hayward 1916-1989 1991 Journal of Medical Microbiology 34 239-240 Book: Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Hooker, Claire Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Carlton Melbourne University Press 2004