John Hamilton Receives American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Basic Investigator Award
ATLANTA – John A. Hamilton, PhD, DSc; professorial fellow and director of the Arthritis and Inflammation Research Centre at the department of medicine at the University of Melbourne in Parkville, Victoria, Australia, received the Distinguished Basic Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology during the ACR Annual Scientific Meeting, November 6 – 11 in Atlanta.
The Distinguished Basic Investigator Award, formerly known as the Distinguished Investigator Award, is given to a basic scientist making outstanding contributions to the field of rheumatology.
Dr. Hamilton obtained his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, followed by post-doctoral training at the Australian National University and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Professor Hamilton’s experience also includes working at the Basel Institute for Immunology, the Ontario Cancer Institute, and New York at Rockefeller University and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. During Dr. Hamilton’s tenure at the University of Melbourne, he was awarded a Doctor of Science Degree (1990), and appointed professorial fellow (1993) and director, Arthritis and Inflammation Research Centre (1997). In 2001, Dr. Hamilton became founding CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, a multinational consortium linking academic institutions and industry. He is deputy head, department of medicine, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and a National Health Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellow.
Dr. Hamilton has served as chairperson/member of the Scientific Sub-Committee of the Australian Rheumatology Association and was the first non-clinician to receive the Parr Research Prize and Distinguished Service Medal. Dr. Hamilton has also participated on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Arthritis Foundation of Australia and on the board and research committee of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria. Additional accomplishments include co-convenor of the 2005 World Congress on Inflammation, current International Association of Inflammation Societies board member, vice president of a new Asian-Pacific Federation of Inflammation and Regeneration and advisory editor of Arthritis & Rheumatism. Dr. Hamilton has been mentor for 40 post-doctoral scientists and supervisor for 27 PhD students.
The American College of Rheumatology is an international professional medical society that represents more than 8,000 rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals around the world. Its mission is to advance rheumatology. The ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting is the premier meeting in rheumatology. For more information about the meeting, visit www.rheumatology.org/education. Follow the meeting on twitter by using the official hashtag: #ACR2010.
