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Professor John Furness (1964) - King's Birthday honours.
Friday, 21 June 2024
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Congratulations to Professor John Furness, AO, FAA, FAHMS (1964) who has been appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in this year’s King’s Birthday honours. Professor Furness is based at the Department of Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Melbourne, where he is Professor Emeritus. John Furness leads the Digestive Physiology and Nutrition Laboratory. He is best known for his work in unravelling the intrinsic nerve circuits of the gastrointestinal tract, for the chemical coding hypothesis, and the discovery of sensory neurons (intrinsic primary afferent neurons) within the digestive tract. He also contributes to investigations in comparative physiology and evolution. Current emphases of his work are on neural control of the stomach; neuro-immune interactions; post-viral effects at enteric and sympathetic ganglia; and development of therapies for digestive system dysfunction. He has been awarded Fellow of the Academy of Science (Australia); Fellow and Gold Medal of the Academy of Science of Bologna (L'accademia delle scienze dell'istituto di Bologna, founded in 1690); Centenary Medal (Government of Australia); Fellow Academy of Health and Medical Science (Aust); Honorary life membership, Physiological Society (UK); Davenport Medal, American Physiological Society; Grossman Medal, UCLA, Wingate Lecturer, University of London. |