(AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia - Governor ...

MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIAProfessor John Davis HAMILTON, 88 Church Street, Newcastle NSW 2300For service to medicine and tertiary education as an academic and administrator,through support for Indigenous students, and to professional associations.Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, since 2006; Dean, Faculty of Medicine andHealth Sciences, 1984-1997; Years 4 and 5 Coordinator, Medical Program, since 2006;University Council Member, 1987-1992.Professor and Academic Director, Medical Curriculum, Durham University, UK, 2000-2005.Public Health Specialist, Population, Health and Nutrition Department, World Bank,Washington DC, USA, 1981-1983.Earlier Professorial appointments at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and McMaster University,Ontario, Canada, in the 1970s.Professorial Fellow, University of Sydney, since 2007; Honorary Professor of Medicine inBioethics, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine.Member/Adviser, The Network:Towards Unity for Health.Chair, Technical Advisory Group, Diarrhoeal Disease Control Program, World HealthOrganisation (WHO), 1987-1991; WHO Consultant and Keynote Speaker on a range ofmedical education matters internationally, since the 1980s.Chairman, WHO/World Bank Mission for the Review of the National Institute of Preventiveand Social Medicine of the Ministry of Health, Bangladesh, 1993-1995.Consultant and Representative of Australian Government to South East Asian Ministers ofEducation Organisation/Tropical Medicine Network Governing Board, 1985-1990.Consultant and Adviser to Australian and several overseas medical schools.Chairman, Consortium for the Quality of Australian Health Care Study, 2002-2005.Chairman, Commonwealth Quality in Health Care Committee, 1993-1997.Foundation Chair, Accreditation Committee, Australian Medical Council, 1985-1991.Chairman, Health Rural Undergraduate Steering Committee, Department of Health andAgeing, in the 1990s.Member, NSW Health Outcomes Forum, in the 1990sMember, Advisory Committee to the NSW Director-General of Health on Future Priorities forMedicine, in the 1990s.Board Member, Hunter Postgraduate Medical Institute, in the 1980s.Member, Board of Directors, Hunter Area Health Service, 1988-1991; Chair, Appointmentsand Credentials Committee, 1988-1991.Awards/recognition include:Appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1986; for hisservice while Professor and Academic Director at Durham University.102