Invited presentations - at major national and international meetings 2004-2006

"Vitamin D deficiency". Endocrine Society of Australia, Seminar meeting, Gold Coast, Qld, May 2004.

"Osteoporosis as an abnormality of bone cell function". 8th World Congress on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Brisbane, Qld, Aug 2004.

"Vitamin D and Photoprotection" in Cancer prevention and cancer treatment: Is there a role for vitamin D, 1a,25(OH)2D3 or new analogs? Meeting co-sponsored by Vitamin D workshop and National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA. Bethesda, Maryland, November, 2004.

"The benefit of sun exposure - the vitamin D story" Clinical Oncological Society of Australia Annual Conference, Canberra, November 2004.

"New ideas on Vitamin D" Nutrition Foundation Research Symposium. Sydney, July, 2005

"Physiology of calcium and vitamin D" Forum on Calcium and Vitamin D - supported by Department of Health and Aging. Melbourne, July 2005.

"Treading a fine line: Developing guidelines for vitamin D" Mutagenesis and Experimental Pathology Society of Australasia. Adelaide, SA. November 05.

"Vitamin D: new insights into an old secosteroid". Nutrition Society of Australia. Melbourne, Vic. December 05. Published in: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2005;14 Suppl:S19.

"Missed opportunity - vitamin D replacement". Royal Australian College of Physicians, Annual Meeting, Cairns, May 06.

"Vitamin D, photoprotection and pigment cells". Melanoma Research Forum. Sydney, June 2006.

"Non-traditional roles of vitamin D" Mutagenesis and Experimental Pathology Society of Australia at Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, Melbourne, Nov 2006.

Research Degrees awarded 2004-6

Ritu Gupta "1,25dihydroxyvitamin D3 is photoprotective in human skin cells" 2004

Michiko Mirams "Applications of a novel phosphate transport regulating factor" 2004

Dharshi Siva (Sinthushani Sivagurunathan) "Corticosteroids and bone resorption" 2005

Luke Eckersley (combined degree student). "The role of hedgehog proteins in the therapy for diabetic neuropathy" (Supervisors RS Mason, S Twigg, previous supervisors A Annselin, retired, D Tomlinson, overseas). 2006.

Master of Dental Science

Juliette Scott "A primary culture system for human odontoblasts" 2004 (Awarded with Honours)

Master of Medicine

Young Jin Kim - M Med "Effect of topical Calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) on ultraviolet radiation - induced immunosuppression and erythema in humans". (Supervisors, D Damian, GM Halliday, RS Mason) 2006

Honours

Jess Gardner - B Sc Hons "Mechanisms of Photoprotection by 1α25-dihydroxyvitaminD3 in keratinocytes". Hons I, 2005

Melissa Baron - B Sc Hons "Development of functional assays for the P2X7 receptor in human bone cells" Hons I, 2005.

Karl Pobre - B Med Sc Hons "Investigating the photoprotective properties of vitamin D" Hons I, 2005.

Susanna Lam - B Sc Hons (Adv) "Mechanism of anti-osteoporotic action of strontium ranelate" Hons I, 2006

Vanessa Sequeira - B Med Sc Hons "Photoprotective properties of vitamin D analogs" Hons I, 2006

Ritu Mohan - B Med Sc Hons 2006 "Do vitamin D compounds prevent skin carcinogenesis" Hons I, 2006

Conferences and Symposia Organized

Workshop on Calcium and Vitamin D, Melbourne, Vic, 2005. Scientific Program Committee

13th Workshop on Vitamin D. Victoria, Canada, April 2006. Scientific advisory/Program committee 2005-6

International Bone and Mineral Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney 2009

Other Research-related positions

Board, Osteoporosis Australia 2002- current

Institute for Biomedical Research - Executive 2000 - 2006; Deputy Director 2001- 2006

Bosch Institute - Executive Leadership Group 2006 - current; Deputy Director 2006-

Working party, Sun and Health, Cancer Councils of Australia 2004-current

Working party, revision of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Cutaneous Melanoma - Prevention Chapter, Member, 2005-current

Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (International Commission of Illumination) - Technical Committee 6-58 (Sunlight, Health and Vitamin D), Member 2005-current

Appointments to Leadership Positions in Teaching and Learning (2004-current)

Faculty of Medicine:
Physiology:
Physiology Teaching committee - 1997- current
Head of Discipline - 2002-current

Graduate Medical Program:
Vertical Stream Coordinator for Endocrinology and Metabolism with A/Prof D Yue, 1989-1993 Coordinator, Endocrinology and Metabolism Planning Team with Prof B Robinson, 1994
Basic and Clinical Sciences Committee 1994-current and BCS representative, with Prof N Hunt, for Aust Medical Council accreditation visit prior to commencement of new medical program
Block Chair, Endocrinology, Nutrition and Gastroenterology Block 1995-2002
Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum now Universtiy of Sydney Medical Program Committee 2001-; Deputy Chair 2001-2003; Chair, 2003-current
Associate Dean, Curriculum (Stages 1 & 2) 2002-current
Faculty Academic Committee 2002-current
Faculty Education Committee 2003-current

Faculty of Science:
Graduate Studies Committee 2001 -5

University Policy Committees:
Academic Board 1994-1996, 2006-current
Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2004-current

External:
Working group for development of a National Musculoskeletal curriculum 2006- Australian Medical Council - Medical School Accreditation Panels
Bond University Medical degree: 2003 (withdrew before reporting due to potential conflict of interest when Bond indicated intent to purchase University of Sydney curriculum).
Queensland University Medical Program: 2004-5