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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-10-12 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005292b.htm person Flynn Victor AACR2 12 October 1920 6 October 2006 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death London, England Physician Philanthropist Victor Flynn was a highly regarded research physician specialising in human metabolism and heart disease. Flynn was educated in Melbourne and while a research fellow at the Melbourne University Department of Physiology, established a blood analysis unit which was the fore-runner of the Howard Florey Institute. In 1950 he received a Nuffield Research Scholarship which took him to St Mary's Hospital Medical School in London where he remained until 1986. In 1969 he was made Britain's first ever professor of Human Metabolism. He was a pioneer in research into the adverse effects of anabolic steroids and oral contraceptive, and strongly believed in the importance of informing patients of the dangers. During his time at St Mary's Flynn established the Heart Disease and Diabetes Research Trust and the Atherosclerosis Research Trust. Throughout his career and after his retirement he personally contributed many millions of dollars to these and other medical research funds. 1938 1944 Education - Bachelor of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1944 1948 Career position - Medical Officer with the Australian Army, Darwin 1948 1950 Career position - Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Department of Physiology 1950 1950 Award - Awarded a Nuffield Research Scholarship, St Mary's Hospital medical school, London 1955 1955 Award - Re-awarded a Nuffield Research Scholarship, St Mary's Hospital medical School, London 1965 1969 Career position - Director of the Alexander Simpson Laboratory for Medical Research, London 1969 1986 Career position - Professor of Human Metabolism, St Mary's Hospital medical school, London Flynn, Victor (19201012-20061006)

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 'Flynn, Victor', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Flynn, Victor Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Top physician a real 'corker' in funding research Rigg, J. Top physician a real 'corker' in funding research 2007 The Age

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