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Professor Judith Whitworth
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Professor Judith Ann
Whitworth, AC, DSc, MD, PhD, BS (Melb), FRACP is the former Director of
The John Curtin School of Medical Research and Howard Florey Professor
of Medical Research at The Australian National University in Canberra
and heads the High Blood Pressure Research Unit. Professor Whitworth is
Chair of WHO's Global Advisory Committee on Health Research, an Ambassador
for Canberra and an Ambassador for Women. She was ACT Australian of the
Year for 2004.
Professor Whitworth graduated from the University of Melbourne, which
awarded her the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1974, a PhD in 1978 and
a Doctor of Science in 1992. Professor Whitworth is a Fellow of the Royal
Australasian College of Physicians. She has practiced medicine and research
extensively in Australia and overseas; she chaired the Medical Research
Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
and is a Past-President of the Australian Society for Medical Research,
and the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia. She has honorary
doctorates from the Universities of Sydney, New South Wales and Glasgow.
Professor Whitworth's previous appointments were Australia's Commonwealth
Chief Medical Officer and Professor of Medicine at St George Hospital,
University of New South Wales.
She was made a Companion in the Order of Australia in 2001 for service
to the advancement of academic medicine and as a major contributor to
research policy and medical research administration in Australia and internationally.
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Biographical Details
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- RMO/Registrar, Royal Melbourne Hosital, 1968-71
- Senior Registrar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, 1972
- Research Fellow, Tenon Hospital, Paris, 1973-74
- Visiting Registrar, Guys Hospital, London, 1974-75
- NHMRC Scholar, Howard Florey Institute, 1975-77
- Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1978-81
- Nephrologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1982-91
- Chairman, Board of Postgrad Education, Royal Melbourne Hospital,
1983-91
- Naturalia et Biologia Fellow, Tenon Hospital, Paris, 1985
- Visiting Scientist, MRCH Blood Bressure Unit, Glasgow, 1985
- Professorial Associate, University of Melbourne, 1987-91
- Honorary Consultant since 1991
- Deputy Director, Dept Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1990-91
- Head, Dept of Medicine, St George Hospital, 1991-97
- Professor of Medicine, University of NSW, 1991-99
- Chief Medical Officer, Cwlth Dept of Health and Family Services,
1997-1999
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