Housing and Urban Research Institute of Western Australia
AHURI
 

Professor Jim Reynoldson
BSc (Hons), PhD

Professor Jim Reynoldson

Professor Jim Reynoldson took up the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at Murdoch University, after a five year term as Executive Dean of the Division of Health Sciences commencing in 2002. He has worked at Murdoch University since 1982, and has held a number of managerial positions within the Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences.

Professor Reynoldson is a pharmacologist and holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons 1) and a Doctor of Philosophy from Monash University. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, has published three patents in his specialist field of pharmacology and anti-parasitic chemotherapy, and he has acted as consultant to industry and semi-government bodies in basic pharmacology, veterinary pharmacology and veterinary and agricultural chemicals.�� Professor Reynoldson was on the interim Board of the Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute (WABRI) and was the Deputy

Director of the Institute for Molecular Genetics and Animal Disease (IMGAD) from 1995 to 2001. Professor Reynoldson is also a member of the Murdoch based MWEP/SRV Commercialisation investment committee. Professor Reynoldson has held a variety of research grants from ARC, NHMRC and industry bodies and has played an active role in a number of professional societies. Jim was awarded an honorary membership of the Pharmacology Chapter of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists for his work in Veterinary Pharmacology and graduate continuing education. He has been an honorary consultant to the Poisons Information Centre of the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and a member of the WA State Government Poisons Advisory Committee.�� He also chaired the Australasian Council for Chiropractic Education Accreditation Revew Committee for review of a University Chiropractic programme and has developed a number of new Health Sciences courses and Schools for the University.