Section 1

Awards and Honours 

1981 Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1989-1991 President, Australian Neuroscience Society 

1996 Ramaciotti Medal (Ramaciotti Foundation) 

1999 Burnet Medal (Australian Academy of Science) 

2001 Officer, Order of Australia (AO) 

2001 Distinguished Achievement Medallion (Australian Neuroscience Society) 

2001-2003 President, International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience 

2001- University Chair (University of Sydney) 

2001 Excellence in Science (Tall Poppy) Award (Australian Institute of Political Science) 

2002 Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Award 

2003 Centenary Medal 

Awards of the National Heart Foundation for Excellence in Research 

1996 Goddard Research Award 

1998 Renensson Research Award 

1999 Malcolm Research Award 

2000 Almgren Research Award 

2001 Almgren Research Award

Recent Academic Appointments 

1982 - 1990 Director, Special Research Centre of Excellence in Neurobiology (ARC), University of Sydney 

1983 - 2000 Professor of Physiology (Personal Chair), University of Sydney 

2001 - Professor of Neuroscience & University Chair, University of Sydney

Recent Invited Lectures 

1996 Opening Plenary Lecture, World Congress of Neuroscience (Kyoto) 

1999 Burnet Lecture, Australian Academy of Science (Canberra) 

1999 Cade Lecture, Mental Health Institute (Melbourne) 

2001 Sesquicentenary Lecture of the University of Sydney (Sydney) 

2001 Doyle Lecture, High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (Melbourne) 

2001 Plenary Lecture, International Conference, Research Society on Alcoholism (Montreal) 

2002 Featured Speaker, XIV World Congress of Cardiology (Sydney) 

2002 Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Oration (Sydney) 

2005 Blandford Lecture, Eye and Cornea Australia (Sydney)

2005 Plenary Lecture, American Philosophical Association (New York)

2006 Keynote Speaker, International Congress of Neuropsychiatry (Sydney)

2007 Keynote Speaker, The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (Brisbane)

Recent Appointments to Boards and Council

2004 - Australian Brain Foundation (Director)

2004 - Brain and Mind Research Foundation (Member of Council)

2003 - Mental Health Research Institute (Member, Advisory Council) 

2003 - Brain and Mind Australia (Chair) 

2002 - Mental Health Council of Australia (Member of Council) 

2002-2004 - Neuroscience Australia Ltd (Director) 

2002 - Brain and Mind Research Institute (Director) 

2002-2006 - Institute for Biomedical Research (Member of Board) 

2001-2003 - International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (Chair of Council) 

1996-2001 International Brain Research Organization (Member of Council) 

Recent Government Appointments 

2004 National Neuroscience Consultative Taskforce (DHA)

2003 National Research Infrastructure Task Force (DEST) Working Party 

2003 Brain and Mind Disorders (PMSEIC) 

2001-2007 Neuroscience and Neurology National Programs (NHMRC) 

Recent National & International Symposia 

2006 'Brain and Mind Research in the Asia/Pacific' (Sydney, Chair)

2005 'Genes, Neurons and Mental Illness' (Sydney, Chair)
(Implications of research in Neurology for the study of the Psychoses)

2004 'Genes, Neurons and Mental Illness' (Sydney Chair)

2004 'Endophenotypes and Mental Illness' (Sydney, Chair)
(Responding to The Challange of Youth Mental Health)

2003 'Genes, Neurons and Mental Illness' (Sydney, Chair) 

2002 'Genes, Neurons and Mental Illness' (Sydney, Chair) 

2000 'Mind and Brain', Australia's Science Future (Canberra, Chair) 

Recent Presentations 

2006 Environment Court of NSW

2005 Union Club, Sydney

2004  National Science Week Forum (St Michael's Church)

2004 'Troubled Minds: the Lithium Revolution' (SBS)

2003 Supreme Court of NSW 

2003 Union Club, Sydney 

2003 Portrait of Sir John Eccles (Science Show, Radio National) 

2002 Panel with Dalai Lama on Brain & Mind (ANU) 

2002 Brain and Mind (Science Show, Radio National) 

2002 Sesquicentenary Dinner, The University of Sydney 

Initiation and establishment of organizations 

1985  Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS)
http://www.fasts.org

1995 International Society for Autonomic Neuroscince (ISAN)
http://www.isanweb.org

1995 Institute for Biomedical Research (IBR)
http://www.ibr.usyd.edu.au

2001 Sydney University Neuroscience (SUN)
http://www.sun.med.usyd.edu.au

2002 Brain and Mind, Australia (BMA)
http://www.brainandmindaust.org

2003 Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI)
http://www.bmri.med.usyd.edu.au

Degrees & Theses 

1963 Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) [University of Melbourne] 

1965 MSc Thesis [University of Melbourne], A study of transmission from autonomic nerves to smooth muscle 

1967 PhD Thesis [University of Melbourne], A study of transmission from autonomic nerves to smooth muscle 

1977 DSc [University of Sydney], Studies on synaptic transmission

International Committees 

International Union of Physiological Sciences, Scientific Committee (Member) 1980 - 1983 

International Brain Research Organization, Council (Member) 1989-1991 

International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN), Inaugral Committee (Chair) 1994 - 1996 

World Congress of Neurosciences, Scientific Committee (Member) 1994 

International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, Council (Executive President), 1996 - 1998 

International Catecholamine Conference, Scientific Committee (Member), 2000- 

International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, President, 2001 - 2003 

National Committees 

Federation of Australian Scientific & Technological Societies [FASTS], Inaugral Committee (Chair) 1984 - 1986 

Australian Societies for Experimental Biology, Planning Committee for Bicentenary of Medical and Biological Sciences in Australia (Chair) 1985 - 1988 

Other National Committees 

Churchill Trust (NSW Panel) 2003- 

Australian Neural Networks Inaugural Conference (Co-Chair) 1990 

Australia Prize Committee (Member) 1992 

Australia Prize Sub-Committee (Member) 1995 

Australian Medial Research and Development Corporation (Advisory Member) 1992 - 1997 

Monash University Science Review (Member) 1992 

Australian National University Neuroscience Reviews (Chair) 1986, 1988, 1989 

Australian National University School of Biological Sciences Review (Member) 1986 

Australian National University John Curtin School Review (Member) 1988 

Australian National University Development Committee Reviews 1989 - 1992

Australian Academy of Sciences 

National Committee for Physiology (Chair) 1984 - 1986 

Annual General Meeting Symposium on Science and Society (Chair) 1986 

Frederick White Research Prize (Chair) 1989 

Sectional Committee 8 for Election (Chair) 1988 - 1989 

Science Policy Committee (Member) 1985 - 1995 

Australian Science and Technology Information Service (Member) 1988 - 1989 

Sectional Committees 6 and 8 for Election (Member) 1983 - 1987 

Boden Conference Research Committee (Member) 1988 - 1996 

Science and Industry Forum (Member) 1990 - 1993 

Science Policy Committee (NSW) (Member) 1991 - 1994 

Australian Human Frontiers Program Entry Committee (Member) 1989 - 1990

University of Sydney 

Institute for Biomedical Research (IBR), Inaugral Committee (Chair) 1995 - 1996 

Sydney University Neuroscience (SUN), Convenor 2000- 

Brain & Mind Research Institute (BMRI), Founder 2003

Recent Editorship of Journals 

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System (Review Editor) 1997 - 

Neuroscience News (Associate Editor) 1997 - 

Progress in Neurobiology (Associate Editor) 1997 - 

NeuroReport (Editor) 2001 - 2004

Purinergic Mechanisms (Editor) 2005 -

Books & Monographs 

‘Autonomic Neuromuscular Transmission’  (1972)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0521084636 

‘Optimising Research and Development in Australia’ (1987)  
Publisher: Australian Academy of Science; ISBN 0858471388 

‘The Idea of Consciousness: Synapses and the Mind’ (1997)  
Publisher: Harwood Academic; ISBN 9057022036 

‘History of the Synapse’ (2001)
Publisher: Harwood Academic; ISBN905823132  

'Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience' (2003)  
Publisher: Blackwell; ISBN 1 4051 0855 X(with P.M.S.Hacker)

'Neuroscience and Philosophy : Brain, Mind and Lanugage' (2006)
Publisher: Columbia University Press (with D.Dennett, P.Hacker, J.Searle)