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GUSTAV
NOSSAL
was
born in Bad
Ischl,
Austria, in
1931, and
came to
Australia
with his
family in
1939. He
studied
Medicine at
The
University
of Sydney
and, after
residency at
Royal Prince
Alfred
Hospital,
took his PhD
at The
Walter and
Eliza Hall
Institute of
Medical
Research in
Melbourne.
Apart from
two years as
Assistant
Professor of
Genetics at
Stanford
University,
one year at
the Pasteur
Institute in
Paris, and
one year as
a Special
Consultant
to the World
Health
Organization,
all Nossal's
research
career has
been at the
Hall
Institute,
of which he
served as
Director
(1965-1996).
Nossal was
also
Professor of
Medical
Biology at
The
University
of
Melbourne.
Nossal's
research is
in
fundamental
immunology,
and he has
written five
books and
530
scientific
articles in
this and
related
fields.
Nossal has
been
President
(1986-1989)
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30,000-member
world body
of
immunology,
the
International
Union of
Immunological
Societies;
President of
the
Australian
Academy of
Science
(1994-1998);
a member of
the Prime
Minister's
Science,
Engineering
and
Innovation
Council
(1989 to
1998); and
Chairman of
the
Victorian
Health
Promotion
Foundation
(1987-1996).
He has been
Chairman of
the
committee
overseeing
the World
Health
Organization's
Vaccines and
Biologicals
Program
(1993-2002)
and Chairman
of the
Strategic
Advisory
Council of
the Bill and
Melinda
Gates
Children's
Vaccine
Program
(1998-2003).
Nossal was
knighted in
1977, made a
Companion of
the Order of
Australia in
1989 and
appointed
Australian
of the Year
in 2000. He
has received
numerous
other
honours from
11
countries.
Amongst the
most
significant
are Fellow
of The Royal
Society of
London,
Foreign
Associate of
the US
National
Academy of
Sciences,
Member of
the Academie
des Sciences,
France, the
Robert Koch
Gold Medal,
the Albert
Einstein
World Award
of Science,
the Emil von
Behring
Prize, the
Rabbi Shai
Shacknai
Prize, and
over 120
named
lectureships
in ten
countries.
Nossal is
also
involved in
the business
community as
a Principal
of Foursight
Associates
Pty Ltd; and
in
international
advancement
of Australia
as Chairman
of The
Global
Foundation
Advisory
Council. He
was involved
in
charitable
work as
Chairman of
The Felton
Bequests'
Committee
from 1969 to
2004 and in
Aboriginal
affairs as
Deputy
Chairman of
the Council
for
Aboriginal
Reconciliation
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