SEMINAR: HPV vaccines - theory to practice

Professor Ian Frazer is a clinician scientist, trained as a clinical immunologist in Scotland. As a Professor at the University of Queensland, he leads a research group working at TRI in Brisbane, Australia on the immunobiology of epithelial cancers. He is recognized as co-inventor of the technology enabling the HPV vaccines, currently used worldwide to help prevent cervical cancer. He heads a biotechnology company, Admedus Vaccines, working on new vaccine technologies, and is a board member of several companies and not-for-profit organisations. He is current President of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, and a member of the Commonwealth Science Council.

Professor Frazer was recognized as Australian of the year in 2006. He was recipient of the Prime Minister's Prize for Science, and of the Balzan Prize, in 2008, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 2012. Professor Frazer was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2013.