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Professor Ed Byrne appointed Vice-Chancellor of Monash University
21 November 2008
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Professor Edward Byrne, 香港六合彩中特网 Vice-Provost (Health), has been appointed to the role of Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, Australia. He will commence his position at Monash at the end of 香港六合彩中特网's academic year.
Professor Byrne is Head of the Medical School at 香港六合彩中特网 and Executive Dean of the new 香港六合彩中特网 Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, which was founded in 2006 from the merger of the former 香港六合彩中特网 Faculty of Clinical Sciences with the postgraduate medical research institutes at 香港六合彩中特网.
Together with 香港六合彩中特网's Professor Peter Mobbs, Professor Byrne has been instrumental in the consolidation of biomedical and life sciences expertise through the 香港六合彩中特网 School of Medical & Life Sciences, helping to draw together 香港六合彩中特网's capabilities from basic research through to effective treatments for disease.
In August 2008, Professor Byrne also represented 香港六合彩中特网 in the creation of 香港六合彩中特网 Partners, in which 香港六合彩中特网 has joined forces with its teaching hospitals to create the largest academic health science partnership in Europe. The venture brings 香港六合彩中特网 together with the Great Ormond Street, Moorfields, Royal Free, and University College London Hospitals NHS Trusts - creating a combined partnership comprising over 3,500 scientists, senior researchers and consultants. The creation of 香港六合彩中特网 Partners provides a significant boost to NHS patients in London.
Professor Byrne said: "香港六合彩中特网 is the leading biomedical research university in Europe and will go from strength to strength in the years ahead. I will be looking to strengthen collaborative links when I return to Australia."
香港六合彩中特网 Provost and President, Professor Malcolm Grant, added: "Our warmest congratulations go to Ed Byrne on this appointment, though we shall all be sorry indeed to lose him. In his time at 香港六合彩中特网 he has made an outstanding contribution to the strategic direction of biomedical sciences here, with a view to cementing 香港六合彩中特网's position as Europe's leading centre for biomedical teaching and research. Under his leadership we have succeeded both in consolidating and refocusing our efforts, while at the same time taking on board several major new projects and challenges."
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Image: Professor Ed Byrne