Background
Fraser, Joseph Robert Emmott was born on September 27, 1927 in Inglewood, Victoria, Australia. Son of William Wilfred and Alphina Deborah (Emmott) Fraser.
Fraser, Joseph Robert Emmott was born on September 27, 1927 in Inglewood, Victoria, Australia. Son of William Wilfred and Alphina Deborah (Emmott) Fraser.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, U. Melbourne, Australia, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, U. Melbourne, Australia, 1954; Honorary Doctor of Medicine, Uppsala (Sweden) U., 1988.
Consultant physician, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, 1960-1966;
member executive senior medical staff, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, 1961-1965;
consultant physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1966-1992;
Chairman of the Board medical research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1984-1992;
head of unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1989-1992;
honorary consultant physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital, since 1993;
assistant director department medicine, U. Melbourne, 1966-1978;
deputy chairman, U. Melbourne, 1978-1992;
honorary senior research associate laboratory for fetal and neonatal immunology, U. Melbourne, since 1993. Visiting scientist Institute Medical and Physiological Chemistry, Uppsala U., since 1980. Visiting assessor tertiary health and medical education Papua New Guinea, 1981.
Consultant Hyal Pharmaceutical Canada, since 1993. Advisor federal and state goverments on arbovirus disease.
Fellow Royal Australasian College Physicians, Royal College Physicians (London). Member Royal Swedish Academy Science (foreign member), Tissue Culture Association (United States of America), Connective Tissue Association Australia and New Zealand (president 1978-1980), Cardiac Society Australia and New Zealand, Australian Rheumatology Association.
Married Muriel Ruth McKain, January 20, 1951. Children: Gail, Peter, Ian, David, Martin.