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Miller, Jacques Francis Albert Pierre (1931 - )

AO, FAA, FRS

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Pathologist

Born: 2 April 1931 France

Jacques Francis A. P. Miller is Professor Emeritus at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) and at the University of Melbourne. He was Head of Experimental Pathology Unit at the WEHI (1966-1996) and is recognised as having discovered the function of the thymus. Miller and his PhD student Graham Mitchell proved the existence and function of T cells and B cells, which has significantly opened up whole new fields for the study of immunology, including the study of cancer, autoimmune disease, transplantation and HIV and AIDS. Jacques Miller continues to be one of the most respected research thymus biologists in the world and has received many, many accolades and awards including the Florey Medal 2000; the 2001 Copley Medal and Prize of the Royal Society, London; the 2003 Prime Minister's Prize for Science; and an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1953 Bachelor of Science (BSc Med) completed at the University of Sydney
1955 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
1956 Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney
1957 Reginald Maney Lake and Amy Laura Bonamy Scholarship for Pathological Research received from the University of Sydney
1958 - 1959 Gaggin Research Fellow at the Chester Beatty Research Institute, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital in London
1960 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London
1960 - 1963 Lecturer at the Chester Beatty Research Institute
1964 Eleanor Roosevelt International Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA
1965 Reader in Experimental Pathology at the University of London
1965 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of London
1966 Britannica Australia Award received
1966 - 1996 Head of the Department of Experimental Pathology (later renamed Thymus Biology Unit) at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkville, Victoria
1970 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1970 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1971 Burnet Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1978 Sir William Upjohn Medal for distinguished services to Medicine, University of Melbourne received
1981 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1985 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne
1990 Inaugural Sandoz Prize for Immunology received
1990 Inaugural Peter Medawar Prize received from the Transplantation Society
1990 - 1996 Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Melbourne
1992 Croonian Lecturer for the Royal Society
2000 Florey Medal received
2001 Copley Medal and Prize received from the Royal Society, London
2003 Prime Minister's Prize for Science received

Online Sources

Fenner, Frank, Interview with Professor Jacques Miller, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 27 October 1999, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/jm.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 30 August 2006

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