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Janice Reid
AC
Born1947
Brighton, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
TitleEmeritus Professor
AwardsFellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
Academic background
EducationPresbyterian Girls College, Adelaide
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide (BSc); Stanford University (MA, PhD)
WebsiteJanice Reid & Associates

Janice Clare Reid AC FASSA FRSN (born 19 September 1947) is an Australian academic and medical anthropologist, who has specialised in Aboriginal and refugee health. She was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney from 1998 to 2013.[1]

Early life and education

Reid was born in Brighton, South Australia on 19 September 1947. She was educated at the Presbyterian Girls College (now Seymour College) and then completed a BSc at the University of Adelaide. She later completed an MA and PhD at Stanford University, USA.[2][3]

Career

Reid began her career as research assistant (1966–1968) at the Australian Mineral Development Laboratories in Adelaide and tutor (1968) in the Department of Geology at her alma mater, the University of Adelaide. In 1968–1969 she worked as a high school teacher in Papua New Guinea. She spent 1971 and 1972 in the USA at Stanford University as teaching assistant and graduate research assistant, while gaining her PhD. Returning to Australian in 1974 Reid worked first as research officer in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales and later as program coordinator at the same university.

In 1978 she moved to the University of Sydney, as lecturer in the Department of Behavioural and Genetic Studies. A year later she was promoted within the university to Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. In 1987 Reid was appointed Foundation Head of the School of Community Health, at University of Sydney.

While Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Queensland (1992–1996) Reid was member of a number of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Standing Committees.

On her retirement from the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney in December 2013, Reid was made an Emeritus Professor in recognition of her distinguished service to the University, with its 40,000 students and more than 3000 staff.[4]

From April 2015 to December 2016 Reid was a member of the Code of Review Committee, which was appointed to provide expert advice on revisions to the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2007), a document co-written by NHMRC, the Australian Research Council (ARC) and Universities Australia (UA) and produce a draft Guide on investigating and managing potential breaches of the Code.[5][6]

In 2017 Reid and Dr Rhonda Hawkins AM conducted a review of the University Council of Macquarie University and made a number of recommendations to improve its efficiency, including introducing fixed terms and term limits and reducing the size of the Council.[7]

Awards and recognition

  • Awarded the 1984 Wellcome Medal for Research in Anthropology as Applied to Medical Problems by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland[8]
  • Appointed Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 1991[1]
  • Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1998 Australia Day Honours "for service to crosscultural public health research and the development of health services of socio-economically disadvantaged groups in the community".[9]
  • Granted Centenary Medal, 1 January 2001 "for service to Australian society through health and university administration".[10]
  • Awarded Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, 2013 by the University of Western Sydney[4]
  • Appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW, 2014[11]
  • Appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the 2015 Australia Day Honours "for eminent service to the tertiary education sector through executive roles, as an advocate for equitable access to educational opportunities, particularly for Indigenous, refugee and lower socio-economic communities, and to health, medical and health care research and cultural bodies."[12]

Bibliography

As author

  • Sorcerers and Healing Spirits: Continuity and Change in an Aboriginal Medical System, Australia National University Press, Canberra, 1983, ISBN 0708117686

As editor

  • Body, Land and Spirit: Health and Healing in Aboriginal Society, University of Queensland, St Lucia, 1982, ISBN 0702216593
  • The Health of Immigrant Australia, co-edited with Peggy Trompf, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney, 1990, ISBN 0729503844
  • The Health of Aboriginal Australia, co-edited with Peggy Trompf, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney 1991, ISBN 0729503852

References

  1. ^ a b "Professor Janice Reid AC". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ Hutchinson, Michael (2013). Down river : a retrospective for Professor Janice Clare Reid, AC : third Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney 1998–2013. Penrith: University of Western Sydney. p. 86. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ Smith, Ailie. "Reid, Janice Clare (Jan) (1947 – )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "UWS honours its Vice-Chancellor Professor Janice Reid". Western Sydney University. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Review of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research". National Health & Medical Research Council. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Targeted consultation on the review of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (the Code)" (PDF). Universities Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Changes to Macquarie University Governance". Macquarie University. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Awards – The Wellcome Medal for Research in Anthropology as Applied to Medical Problems Past Awards". Royal Anthropological Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  9. ^ "REID, Janice Clare". Australian Honours Search Facility – Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  10. ^ "REID, Janice Clare". Australian Honours Search Facility – Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales". The Royal Society of NSW. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  12. ^ "REID, Janice Clare". Australian Records Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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