Michael F. Good

For other people named Michael Good, see Michael Good (disambiguation).

Professor Michael F. Good is the Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research,^[1] appointed in April 2000.^[2] He the current Chairman of the NHMRC Council^[3] and has eight children.

He graduated from the Queensland University Medical School in 1978.^[2] He later undertook further training in medical research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne.^[2]

Postdoctoral training was as a Visiting Scientist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.^[2] His research interests are in the field of immunity and immunopathogenesis to malaria and group A streptococcus/rheumatic fever, and particularly to the development of vaccines.^[2]

Professor Michael Good was appointed Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in 2000.^[2]

Since 2006 he has also been chairperson of the National Health and Medical Research Council.^[3] Professor Good is a past president of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes^[4] and past director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology.^[4]

He is an editor of several scientific journals and an author of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications.^[4]

In 2008 Good was awarded an Order of Australia for his services to medical research and in 2009 he received the Eureka Prize for Leadership.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Molecular Immunology". 29 Sep 2009. http://www.qimr.edu.au/research/labs/michaelg/index.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "QIMR Director - Professor Michael Good AO". http://www.qimr.edu.au/about/director.html. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Professor Good reappointed Chair of the NHMRC". 2 September 2009. http://www.qimr.edu.au/news/2009/articles/NHMRC-Chair.html. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Medical Follow-Up Agency. "Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program (2006)". p. 116. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11656&page=116. 
5. ^ "Top honour for top Queensland researcher". 18 August 2009. http://www.qimr.edu.au/news/2009/articles/eureka.html. 

External links

• http://www.riaus.org.au/science/people/healthcare_medicine/michael_good.jsp
• http://www.unimelb.edu.au/alumni/qbday/qbday08.html

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