Donald Metcalf Scientist

Donald Metcalf AC FRS FAA (26 February 1929 – 15 December 2014) was an Australian medical researcher who spent most of his career at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. In 1954 he received the Carden Fellowship from the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria; while he officially retired in 1996, he continued working and held his fellowship until his retirement in December 2014.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 26, 1929
Nationality
Australia
Known for
Colony-stimulating factor

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Scientist

awards
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
Lasker Award
Royal Medal

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External resources

  1. http://www.alphamedpress.org/misc/profile.shtml
  2. http://www.cancervic.org.au/about/70-years/history-1950s
  3. http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/horwitz
  4. http://www.science.org.au/scientists/dm.htm
  5. http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/A-profs-own-adventure/2004/11/25/1101219661762.html
  6. http://www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_members/professor_don_metcalf
  7. https://sciencegrants.dest.gov.au/scienceprize/Pages/Doc.aspx?name=previous_winners/PM2001Metcalf.htm