Background
Tait, Brian Duncan was born on December 2, 1941 in Preston, England. Son of Ernest and Nora (Lishman) Tait. arrived in Australia, 1949.
immunogeneticist medical scientist
Tait, Brian Duncan was born on December 2, 1941 in Preston, England. Son of Ernest and Nora (Lishman) Tait. arrived in Australia, 1949.
Bachelor of Science, Melbourne University, Australia, 1965. Master of Science, Melbourne University, Australia, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Melbourne University, Australia, 1975.
Scientist trainee Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, 1961. Serologist Royal Women's Hospital, 1965-1973. Research scientist Melbourne University, 1973-1975.
Science director Tissue Typing Laboratory Royal Melbourne Hospital, since 1975. Associate Department Medicine Melbourne University, since 1983, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, since 1990.
Member Australasian and Southeast Asian Tissue Typing Association (inaugural president 1977-1978, president 1985-1986, vice president since 1995), Royal College Pathologists, International Transplant Society, American Society Histocompatibility.
Married Helen Christine Jensen, November 15, 1969. Children: Matthew, Louise, James.
