Vicki Sara

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Vicki Rubian Sara AO , FTSE , FAA (born 17 September 1946) is an Australian endocrinologist, who specialises in research into growth hormones and foetal brain development. [1]

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Sara was born in Sydney, and attended Sydney Girls High School. She attended the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a PhD in 1974 for her thesis titled "The action of prenatal trophic hormones on brain growth and behaviour". [2] She worked at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research from 1973 to 1976, then as a research fellow at the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). In 1980, she joined the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden where she worked until 1993, when she returned to Australia to head the life sciences faculty at Queensland University of Technology. In 1996, she became Dean of Science at QUT. [3]

Professor Sara’s previous appointments include Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council (ARC) from 2001–2004 and Chair of the Council and a member of the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC), and the CSIRO Board from 1997–2001.

Sara was appointed as the first female chair of ARC from 1997 to 2000. [4]

On 15 December 2004, Sara was appointed as Chancellor of University of Technology Sydney, serving in the role until 17 February 2016. [5]

In February 2015, the UTS Vicki Sara Building, also known as the Science Faculty Building, named in her honour was officially opened. [6]

Awards

Centenary Medal in January 2001. [7]

Officer of the Order of Australia in 2010. [8]

Selected publications

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References

  1. "Sara, Vicki". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. Sara, Vicki R. "The action of prenatal trophic hormones on brain growth and behaviour". University of Sydney Library. Retrieved 3 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Who's Who in Australian Women 2016, ConnectWeb, 2016.
  4. Pockley, Peter (September 1997). "New research chief faces multiple challenges". Nature. 389 (6648): 220. Bibcode:1997Natur.389R.220P. doi:10.1038/38360. ISSN   0028-0836. S2CID   4426081.
  5. "UTS Council members". University of Technology, Sydney. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. "Vicki Sara Building (Building 7)". University of Technology Sydney. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. honours.pmc.gov.au https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1125315 . Retrieved 7 April 2022.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Professor Vicki Rubian SARA". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Technology Sydney
2004–2016
Succeeded by
Brian Wilson