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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-12-18 human Helen Cohn updated 2022-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006161b.htm person Shanks George Dennis AACR2 19 September 1954 Place of Birth Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Medical scientist Medical historian Dennis Shanks is a medical practitioner who specialised in infectious diseases, particularly diphtheria, meningococcal meningitis and malaria. As a member of the United States Army for over 20 years he conducted research and undertook field testing of drugs in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. In 2006 he was appointed Director of the Australian Army Malaria Research Institute, Brisbane. He has published over 150 scientific papers as well as histories of influenza and malaria epidemics based on military records. 1981 1981 Education - Masters Degree in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MPH-TM), Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. 1984 1986 Career position - Medical officer, Uniformed Services University of the Health Services, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. 1987 1991 Career position - Medical officer, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Research, Bangkok, Thailand 1992 1994 Career position - Medical officer, Australian Army Medical Research Unit, Ingleburn near Sydney 1995 1999 Career position - Medical officer, USA Medical Research Unit, Nairobi, Kenya 2000 2002 Career position - Director, Armed Forces, Research Institute of Medical Research, Bangkok, Thailand 2003 2004 Career position - Program Director, US Army Centre for Health Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, U.S.A. 2004 2004 Life event - Retired from US Army 2006 Career position - Adjunct Professor, James Cook University 2006 Career position - Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland 2006 Career position - Director, Australian Army Malaria Research Institute 'Shanks, George Dennis (Dennis)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shanks, George Dennis (Dennis) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements third decade (2nd half): 1990 - 1995 Rieckmann, Karl H.; Frances, Stephen P.; Kotecka, Barbara M.; Cooper, Robert D.; Shanks, G. Dennis, Sweeney, Anthony W.; and Edstein, Michael D. Army Malaria Institute - its evolution and achievements third decade (2nd half): 1990 - 1995 2013 Journal of Military and Veterans' Health 21 2 36-56 Journal Article: Donald Shanks: creating new answers from old data Kirby, Tony Donald Shanks: creating new answers from old data 2014 The Lancet: Infectious Diseases 14 560 Journal Article: Australian military malariology comes of age (part 5 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") Howie-Willis, Ian Australian military malariology comes of age (part 5 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") 2017 Journal of Military and Veterans' History 25 3 42-60