John Chalmers (medical researcher)
{{Short description|Australian medical researcher}}
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{{infobox person
| name = John Chalmers
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100%|country=AUS|AC|FAA|FAHMS}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|01|12|df=y}}
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = medical researcher
| years_active = 1959-present
| known_for = extensive research into hypertension
| notable_works = Manual of Hypertension
| title = Emeritus Professor
}}
John Philip Chalmers (born 12 January 1937) is an Australian medical researcher, best known for his work in the field of cardiovascular physiology, specifically for his research into hypertension.{{cite web |url=https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004608b.htm|title=Chalmers, John Phillip (1937 - )|author= |date=26 February 2007|website=Bright Sparcs|publisher=University of Melbourne|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.georgeinstitute.org/people/john-chalmers-ac|title=People: Professor John Chalmers AC|author= |date= |website=George Institute for Global Health|publisher=The George Institute|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}{{cite news |last=Mark|first=David |date=7 June 2008|title=Sydney scientists make diabetes breakthrough|url=https://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2267996.htm|work=AM|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|location= |access-date=23 July 2021}}
He is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at both the University of Sydney and Flinders University in Adelaide and a professor of medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Chalmers is also a senior director at the George Institute for Global Health.
Education
Chalmers graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in 1960, followed by a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1963.
In 1967, he completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales, researching the control of blood pressure by the nervous system which he then pursued as an overseas research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London.
Career
Upon his return to Australia, he was appointed as a senior lecturer in medicine in 1973 and then as associate professor in medicine at the University of Sydney in 1973.
Throughout his career, he has authored many journal articles.{{cite web |url=https://med.unsw.edu.au/our-people/john-chalmers|title=Our people: John Chalmers -journal articles|author= |date= |website=UNSW Sydney Medicine|publisher=University of New South Wales|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}} In 2002, he co-edited Manual of Hypertension.{{cite book|last1=Mancia|first1=Giuseppe|last2=Chalmers|first2=John|last3=Saruta|first3=Takao|last4=Weber|first4=Michael A.|last5=Ferrari|first5=Alberto U.|last6=Wilkinson|first6=Ian B.|author-link= |date=2002|title=Manual of Hypertension|url= |location= |publisher=Churchill Livingstone|page= |isbn=0443061955}}
In 1975, Chalmers became the foundation chair of medicine at Flinders University's Medical Centre in Adelaide - a role he served in until 1996 when he returned to Sydney to accept a position as chairman of research at Royal North Shore Hospital and sub-dean of research at the Northern Clinical School of the University of Sydney, headquartered at the hospital.
Chalmers has served in numerous roles with various medical organisations including the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Society for Medical Research, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, National Health and Medical Research Council, the International Society of Hypertension, and World Health Organization's International Society of Hypertension Liaison Committee where he coordinated the development of the 1999 guidelines of hypertension treatment.
Each year Flinders University's College of Medicine and Public Health hosts the annual Chalmers Oration to commemorate Chalmers' work as their foundation professor of medicine.{{cite web |url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/event-galleries/chalmers-oration-2020|title=2020 Chalmers Oration|author= |date=8 October 2020|website=Flinders University|publisher= |access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}
Awards
In 1981, Chalmers was awarded the Wellcome (Australia) Medal.{{cite web |url=https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/persons/john-chalmers-2/prizes/|title=Emeritus Professor John Chalmers, AC: Prizes|author= |date= |website=Research @ Flinders|publisher=Flinders University|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}} He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1987.{{Cite web|title=Celebrate Science Donor List|url=https://www.science.org.au/about-us/philanthropy-and-partnerships/philanthropy/celebrate-science-campaign/donor-list|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Australian Academy of Science|language=en}}
Chalmers was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of his services to medical science.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/883429|title=Award 883429|author= |date=10 June 1991|website=It's an Honour|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}
In 1996, Chalmers was awarded the RT Hall prize of the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand.{{cite web |url=https://royalsoc.org.au/submit-bulletin-documents/2008-issues/12-316-june/file|title=John Chalmers honoured with Alberto Zanchetti Life Achievement Award |author= |date=June 2008|website=The Royal Society of New South Wales|publisher= |access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}
He received the Volhard Medal from the International Society of Hypertension in 1998.{{cite news |last=Swan|first=Norman|author-link=Norman Swan|date=6 April 1998|title=High Blood Pressure/Hypertension (transcript) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/high-blood-pressurehypertension/3564276|work=The Health Report|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|location= |access-date=23 July 2021}}
In 2001, he received the Centenary Medal for his services to medical research and to Australian society.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1125928|title=Award: 1125928|author= |date=1 January 2001|website=It's an Honour|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}
The Journal of Hypertension published a series of editorial reviews in honour of Chalmers in 2002.
Chalmers was the recipient of the Alberto Zanchetti Lifetime Achievement Award of the European Society of Hypertension in 2008. He received the Research Medal of the National Heart Foundation the following year.
He was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2010.
In 2011, Chalmers received a Ministerial Award for Cardiovascular Research Excellence and in 2016 he was awarded the Cottrell Medal for Epidemiology of the RACP. In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.{{Cite web|title=Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences|url=https://aahms.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AAHMS-Full-Fellowship-A-Z-March-2021.pdf|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences}}
Chalmers has been conferred with honorary doctorates from the University of Queensland, the University of Sydney and Lund University.{{cite web |url=https://alumni.uq.edu.au/story/1537/professor-john-chalmers-ac|title=Professor John Chalmers AC|author= |date=1991|website=The University of Queensland Alumni & Community|publisher=The University of Queensland|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/university-archives/honorary-awards/c/emeritus-professor-john-chalmers-ac.pdf|title=Emeritus Professor John Chalmers AC|author= |date=13 June 2006|website=The University of Sydney|access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-faculty-medicine-2018|title=New honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine in 2018|author= |date=19 December 2017|website=Lund University|publisher= |access-date=23 July 2021|quote=}}
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