Gastroenterologists recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

21 Jun 2019

Professor Jacob George

Gastroenterologists and researchers have been recognised for their contribution in the Queen’s Birthday 2019 Honours List.

Professor Jacob George was recognised as an Honorary Member (AM) in the General Division “for significant service to medicine as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist.”

Professor George is director of the Storr Liver Centre at Westmead Institute for Medical Research where he leads a program of research on viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, liver fibrosis, host genetics/liver immunology and the epidemiology, prevention and management of liver cancer.

He is also head of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Westmead Hospital.

Professor Ian Cook, has also been honoured with an AM for his “significant service to gastroenterology, and to medical research”.

Professor Cook is director of the St George Swallow Centre and the GI Motility Service in the department of gastroenterology and hepatology at St George Hospital.

A former president of the International Dysphagia Research Society, his research interests are directed to improving dysphagia particularly in patients with head and neck cancer.

Professor Winita Hardikar, was awarded an AM for her significant service to medicine, particularly to paediatric liver disease and transplantation.

She is head of liver and intestinal transplantation and director of gastroenterology and clinical nutrition at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.

Her research interests include hepatitis B and C in children as well as coagulation disorders associated with liver disease.

Professor Ruth Bishop was also recognised as a Companion (AC) in the General Division for her “eminent service to global child health through the development of improved vaccines for paediatric gastroenteritis, and to medical research”.

Professor Bishop, a microbiologist formerly at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, led the team who discovered the rotavirus.

In 2013, she was the first woman to be awarded the CSL Florey Medal for her significant lifetime achievement in biomedical science.

 

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