Professor Ian Frazer AC, FRS, FAA, MB ChB(Edin), MD(Melb)
Ambassador and Chair of Translational Research Institute Foundation Board, Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland Diamantina
Internationally-renowned for the co-creation of the technology for the cervical cancer vaccines, Professor Frazer began his career as a renal physician and clinical immunologist in Edinburgh, Scotland before emigrating in 1981 to Melbourne, Australia.
He continued his clinical training and pursued studies in viral immunology and autoimmunity at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research with Professor Ian Mackay.
In 1985, Professor Frazer accepted a teaching post with The University of Queensland and was appointed Director of The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute in 1991.
In early 2011, Professor Frazer relinquished directorship of the Institute to commence in-post as CEO of the TRI.
He retains an active research program at the Institute in immune responses to cancer.
Professor Frazer was awarded the 2005 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science and was selected as Queenslander of the Year, and Australian of the Year in 2006.
He was also awarded the 2008 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, the 2008 Balzan Prize for Preventative Medicine, the 2009 Honda Prize and was recently elected as a Fellow of the esteemed Royal Society of London.
