Ian Reay Mackay
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Ian Reay Mackay | |
---|---|
Born | [1] | 22 March 1922
Died | 24 March 2020[2] | (aged 98)
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | autoimmune diseases |
Scientific career | |
Fields | immunology |
Ian Mackay AM FAA (22 March 1922 – 24 March 2020) was an Australian immunologist. He is noted for his work on autoimmune diseases and is considered to have made major contributions to this field. Mackay was a professor at Monash University and wrote a new edition of his textbook on autoimmune disease. His book Intolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity (written with Warwick Anderson) won the General History Prize, New South Wales Premier's History Awards 2015.[3]
Mackay was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Australia Day Honours for service to medical research.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1991.[5]
References
- "Mechanisms of autoimmunity: a tribute to Professor Ian Mackay. Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Autoimmunity Workshop. July 6–8, 2007. Melbourne, Australia". J. Autoimmun. 31 (3). England: 197–310. November 2008. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2008.04.004. ISSN 0896-8411. PMID 19198029.
- Whittingham, Senga; Rowley Merrill J; Gershwin M Eric (November 2008). "A tribute to an outstanding immunologist - Ian Reay Mackay". J. Autoimmun. 31 (3). England: 197–200. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2008.04.004. ISSN 0896-8411. PMID 18502096.
- ^ "Mackay, Ian Reay (1922 - )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Vale Professor Ian Reay Mackay AM (1922–2020)". Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Institute of Research. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "New South Wales Premier's Awards" (PDF). SL Magazine. 8 (4): 36. Summer 2015.
- ^ "Dr Ian Reay Mackay". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Ian Mackay". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
External links
- Quotations related to Ian Mackay at Wikiquote
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from December 2020
- Use Australian English from July 2011
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with BIBSYS identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with NDL identifiers
- Articles with NKC identifiers
- Articles with NTA identifiers
- Articles with CINII identifiers
- Articles with Trove identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- 1922 births
- 2020 deaths
- Australian immunologists
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
- Members of the Order of Australia
- WEHI alumni