James Alexander Angus

Background

Angus, James Alexander was born on February 15, 1949 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Son of Stuart Douglas and Evelyn Simpson (Wilkie) Angus.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors in Pharmacology, U. Sydney, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, U. Sydney, 1974.

Career

Research fellow department medicine Hallstrom Institute Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, U. Sydney, 1973; National Health and Medical Research Council senior research officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, U. Sydney, 1974-1975; National Health and Medical Research Council senior research officer, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria., Australia, 1975-1976, 80-81; National Health and Medical Research Council research fellow, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria., Australia, 1981-1982; National Health and Medical Research Council senior research fellow, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria., Australia, 1983-1985; National Health and Medical Research Council principal research fellow, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria., Australia, 1985; National Health and Medical Research Council senior principal research fellow, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria., Australia, 1989-1993; deputy director, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria., Australia, 1990-1992; personal chair pharmacology faculty medicine, Monash U., Melbourne, Australia, 1992-1993; chair pharmacology, head department, Melbourne U., Australia, since 1993; department vice president academic board, Melbourne U., Australia, 1997-1998. National Health and Medical Research Council C.J. Martin traveling fellow department pharmacology U. College, London, 1977, Wellcome Research laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, England, 1978, Baker Medical Research Institute, 1979. Chair medical research grants committee National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, Australia, 1991-1993.

Member of national committee pharmacology Australian Academy Science, since 1994. Member science program committee 15th Science Meeting International Society Hypertension, 1994. Member of national advisory board International Society Cardiovascular Pharmacotherpy, Sydney, 1996.

Consultant panel Microsurgery Research Center, St. Vincent's Hospital, since 1990.

Achievements

• James Alexander Angus has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member Murdoch Institute Birth Defects, Melbourne, 1991-1997. County member Melbourne Grammar School, since 1991. Member poisons advising committee Victorian Dept.Health & Cmty.

Superior vena cava syndrome, Melbourne, 1993-1997. Member board Queensland Pharm.Rsch. Institute, Griffith U., since 1994.

Fellow Australian Academy Science. Member Australian Physiological and Pharmacol.Soc., Australian Society Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, British Pharmacol. Society, Cardiac Society Australia and New Zealand, High Blood Pressure Research Council Australia, International Serotonin Club, International Society Heart Research.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, fishing, sailing.

Connections

Married Helen Shirley Robinson, December 28, 1971. Children: Damien, Kirsten, Simon.

Father:

Stuart Douglas Angus

Mother:

Evelyn Simpson (Wilkie) Angus

Spouse:

Helen Shirley Robinson

child:

Kirsten Angus

child:

Damien Angus

child:

Simon Angus