Background
Hughes, Abbie Angharad was born on March 28, 1940 in Whiston, Lancashire, England.
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Abbie Angharad Hughes
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Bachelor, Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1963; Diploma of Imperial College, U. London, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Edinburgh (Scotland) U., 1968; Doctor of Science, Edinburgh (Scotland) U., 1982.
Career
Medical Research Council scholar, Imperial College, London U., 1963-1964;
assistant lecturer department physiology, Edinburgh U., 1964-1968;
university demonstrator university laboratory physiology, University of Oxford, 1968-1972;
extra-ordinary lecturer, New College, Oxford, 1969;
postdoctoral fellow, JCSMR, Australian National U., Canberra, Australia, 1972-1974;
senior research fellow, JCSMR, Australian National U., Canberra, Australia, 1974-1982;
director, professor, National Vision Research Institute Australia, Melbourne, 1982-1990;
director, professor, U. Melbourne, 1982-1990;
Royal Society Physical Sciences visiting fellow, Institute Advanced Studies, Canberra, since 1990. Chair, founder RCH Eye Bank Committee, Canberra, 1978-1982. Board directors Victorian College Optometry, Melbourne, 1983-1990.
Company secretary, board directors National Vision Research Foundation, Melbourne, 1984-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Optical Society American, American Academy Optometrists, National Vision Research Institute (life). Member Physiological Society (London), Australian Neurosci. Society, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society, American Neurosci.
Society, Australian Medical Writers Association (affiliate), Women in Science and Technology.
Interests
Connections
P. Rowland Evan and Kathleen Elsa (Elder) H. Partner Gurli Margrethe Anker, 1962. Children: Thorben Lewis, Julian Thorkil.
