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Professor Gregory Blatch

Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Visiting Professor hosted by BioBRU (Honorary Appointment)

Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor Research, Vice Chancellery, The 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Notre Dame Australia

 

Brief Biography

Professor Gregory (Greg) Blatch is Pro Vice-Chancellor Research at The 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Notre Dame Australia (since 2017). Previous to this appointment, he was Dean of the College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (Australia), and Head of the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Victoria 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (2011-2016). Prior to joining Victoria 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 he held various teaching and research, leadership and management roles at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of the Witwatersrand and Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (South Africa). He has a keen interest in the role of mentorship in the development of academic and research capability, and he has played a foundational leadership role at institutional, national and international levels in building academic and research entities. His personal research interests fall within the broad field of cellular stress biology, and he has been internationally recognized for his work on the role of stress in disease (e.g. cancer) and infection (e.g. malaria) through a number of successful fellowships/grants and awards (e.g. Wellcome Trust, UK, 2002-2007; DFG, Germany, 2009-2012). He is a past President of the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. He holds honorary appointments at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (Visiting Professor), Victoria 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (Honorary Professor), 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Venda (Adjunct Professor) and Murdoch 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (Adjunct Professor). He completed his PhD at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Cape Town (South Africa; 1990) and conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (USA; 1993-1995). He has worked in academia for over 20 years, and supervised to completion 23 PhD and 26 MSc students, and produced over 100 peer-reviewed publications.

 

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