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John Curtin School of Medical Research

Major action star Jackie Chan has made donations to the School, with the Director in 2006 announcing the Jackie Chan Science Centre will be named after him.


Academic structure of the Australian National University

The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) was formed in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel Laureate Howard Florey and Prime Minister John Curtin.

Bruce William Stillman

Stillman was educated at Glen Waverley High School (1966-1969) and Sydney Boys High School (1970–71), then graduated with First Class honours from the University of Sydney, and earned his Ph.D. from the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University.

Stephen Fazekas de St. Groth

He completed his education in Hungary and moved to Australia in the 1950s where he researched with Frank Macfarlane Burnet at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, and later at the John Curtin School of Medical Research and CSIRO in Canberra.


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Alexander George Ogston

On his retirement in 1978, he held visiting fellowships at the Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia and the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU.

Mark S. Baker

Former positions: APAF CEO; Director (Biomarker Discovery), LumiCyte, Fremont, CA, USA; Co-Director & Scientific Director, Gynecological Cancer Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne; Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong; Research Fellow, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU; Post-doctoral Fellow, Biochemistry, Monash University.