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    The Faculty of Medicine was formally approved by Council on 11th July, 1960 (resolution 60/62i). Functions within the Faculty had, however, already been in operation, with the first Dean, Professor F. F. Rundle, being appointed from 1st May, 1960, and the inaugural Faculty meeting taking place on 23rd June, 1960. The initial schools within the Faculty were Anatomy, Medicine, Pathology, Physiology and Surgery. In 2013 the Faculty of Medicine, administered by Dean Professor Peter Smith, included four Schools, five Clinical Schools and eighteen Centres. Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc 5:2 Committee of the Faculty of Medicine - 26/03/1969 - 25/10/1972 Subordinate agency: Medical (1960 - 1963) / Faculty of Medicine Library Committee (1963 - c. 1982) - 17/11/1960 - 17/02/1982 Subordinate agency: School of Community Medicine - 10/09/1973 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Hospital Administration (1956 - 1969) / School of Health Administration (1969 - 1989) / School of Health Services Management (1989 - 2000) - 01/01/1997 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Physiology (1960 - 1970) / Physiology & Pharmacology (1970 - 2001) - 11/07/1960 - 31/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Anatomy - 11/07/1960 - 31/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Pathology - 11/07/1960 - 31/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Refugee Research - 02/02/1999 Subordinate agency: School of Medical Sciences - 01/08/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Community Medicine, Health Services Management & Medical Education (2001 - 2002) / School of Public Health and Community Medicine (2002 - ) - 01/01/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Medicine - 11/07/1960 - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: School of Surgery - 11/07/1960 - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: Greater Murray Clinical School (2000 - 2001) / School of Rural Health (2001 - 2005) / Rural Clinical School (2006 - ) - 01/01/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Psychiatry - 19/10/1962 Subordinate agency: School of Women's and Children's Health - 01/01/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Medical Education, Research and Development (CMERD) (1973 - 1983) / School of Medical Education (1983 - 2000) - 22/01/1973 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 14/09/1962 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Paediatrics - 18/06/1962 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Human Genetics - 11/07/1966 - 10/09/1973 Subordinate agency: Prince Henry / Prince of Wales Clinical School (1992 - c. 2002) / Prince of Wales Clinical School (c. 2002 - ) - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: St George (1992 - 2013) / St George and Sutherland (2013 - ) Clinical School - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: St Vincent's Clinical School - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: South Western Sydney Clinical School - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: Centre for International and Multicultural Health (2000 - 2003) / Culture and Health (2003 - 2005) - 06/06/2000 - 26/07/2005 Subordinate agency: National Perinatal Statistics Unit (NPSU) (1997 - 2010) / National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) (2010 - ) - 01/11/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Health Telematics (1999 - 2000) / Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) (2000 - 2014) - 21/10/1999 - 02/11/2014 Subordinate agency: Centre for Hospital Management and Information Systems Research (1990 - 2001) / Clinical Governance in Research and Health (2001 - 2014) - 01/01/1997 - 02/11/2014 Subordinate agency: Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research (CTVR) (1992 - 2003) / Centre for Vascular Research (CVR) (2003 - 2015) - 25/11/1992 - 21/07/2015 Subordinate agency: National Health & Medical Research Council Special Unit in AIDS Epidemiology & Clinical Research (1986 - c. 1989) / National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research (c. 1989 - 2010) / Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society (2010 - ) - 01/04/1986 Subordinate agency: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) - 28/05/1986 Subordinate agency: Centre for Immunology - 12/08/1983 Subordinate agency: Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Unit (BMSU) (1975 - 1998) / Ray Williams Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Facility (BMSF) (1998 - 2002) / Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility (BMSF) (2002 - ) - 01/06/1990 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research (CIIR) - 23/03/2006 - 31/12/2009 Subordinate agency: Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE) - 02/05/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for Public Health - 18/05/1988 - 31/08/2002 Subordinate agency: UNSW Cancer Research Centre - 07/03/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for Continuing Medical Education - 28/03/1984 - 01/10/1996 Subordinate agency: Centre for Experimental Neurology - 30/07/1986 - 01/06/1992 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/02/1997 - 01/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Cardiovascular Research - 20/03/1985 - 31/05/1992 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (1) (1962 - c.1985) / Biomedical Electron Microscope Unit (c.1985 - 1995) - 01/01/1962 - 23/03/1995 Subordinate agency: Mood Disorders Research Centre - 20/02/2001 - 14/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Institute of Health Innovation (2007 - 2009) / Australian Institute of Health Innovation (2009 - 2014) - 24/12/2007 - 02/11/2014 Subordinate agency: Hay Field Station - 15/05/1999 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/05/1960-
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    On 10 February 1992 Council disestablished the schools of Surgery and Medicine and created in their place teaching-hospital-based Clinical Schools (resolution CL92/04b). Thus the South Western Sydney Clinical School came into being within the Faculty of Medicine, containing the existing hospital-based departments of Medicine, Surgery and Anaesthetics & Intensive Care (file 911991). The first Clinical Associate Dean of the school was Professor I. W. Webster. In 2008 the Clinical Associate Dean of the South Western Sydney Clinical School was Professor Jeremy Wilson. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 10/02/1992-
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    Archives Series
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    This series consists of the subject files of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The material is mainly typed and contained in manilla folders, which are arranged in alphabetical order. The items within this series either originated from, or were recieved by the Office of the Dean of Medicine. Material within this collection is varied; relating to issues, events and organisations affecting the Faculty. The files relate to the 25 Year Anniversary, academic staff, admission of overseas students, Alumni, Animal Breeding and Holding Unit, Australasian Deans of Medicine, awards & prizes, Bankstown Hospital, Benevolent Society, Biomedical Electron Microscope Unit, Carcinogenesis Research Unit, Centre for Continuing Medical Education, Centre for Experimental Neurology, Committee of Inquiry into Medical Education and Medical Workforce, Curriculum Committee, Dean's Advisory Committee, Division of Community Health, Eastern Sydney Area Health Service, Elizabeth Ann Birch Bequest, English Proficiency for Medical Students, Ethics Workshops, Executive Committee, Sheldrake report, Higher Degree Committee, Integrated Clinical Studies Committee, Leura conference/workshop, Liverpool Planning Committee, Medical Undergraduate Education Sub-Committee, Ministerial Taskforce to Review Obstetric Services, National Centre in HIV Social Research, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, new curriculum, Oncology Advisory Committee, Postgraduate Medical Education Workshop, presscuttings, Private Practice Scheme, Professors of Medicine & Surgery Meetings, Public Health Act proposals, Research Advisory Committee, Research Fund Committee, School of Medical Education, the Skin Bank Project, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, teachning hospitals, training of paramedical technicians, Two-Year Regulation Scheme, and accreditation of the undergradutate medical course by the Australian Medical Council. This collection is incomplete.
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    On 19 February 2007, the first meeting between UNSW, University of Melbourne, National ICT Australia, the Bionic Ear Institute, and the Centre for Eye Research Australia was held to discuss bionic eye research. These parties later formed the consortium Bionic Vision Australia (BVA), which officially launched in 2010. The business plan was finalised in October 2008 with consultancy firm SPP and put to the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 5 November 2008. The first Board meeting was held on 30 March 2010. Professor Emeritus David Penington AC served as the first Chair of the Board from 2010 to 2013. He was succeeded by Professor Mark Hargreaves. Professor Anthony N. Burkitt served as Director for the duration of BVA. The National Vision Research Institute, the Australian National University, the University of Western Sydney and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital were variously supporting, participating, or project partners. The aim was to develop a functional retinal prosthesis or “bionic eye” capable of restoring vision to people with vision impairment due to retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. The assembled team comprised experts in the fields of ophthalmology, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, neuroscience, vision science, psychophysics, wireless integrated-circuit design, and surgical, preclinical and clinical practice. UNSW was a key player in the consortium, developing the first advanced prototype, and leading the consortium’s commercialisation activities through NewSouth Innovations and the company Bionic Vision Technologies Pty Ltd (BVT). The University of Melbourne was designated Administering Organisation for the grant, with the Executive team based in the Melbourne School of Engineering. In December 2009, BVA secured funding through a four-year, $42 million grant administered by the Australian Research Council (ARC), effective from 1 January 2010. The funds were made available through a Special Research Initiative in Bionic Vision Science and Technology established by the Australian Government. In July 2013, ARC offered another year of funding to BVA. BVA’s ARC funding period ended at the end of 2014. There was enough capital to extend the consortium, continue efforts to commercialise through BVT, and perform National Health and Medical Research Council-funded trials in 2015. BVA was ultimately wound up in 2016. Although initially in financial jeopardy, BVT secured funding and continued commercial operations. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/10/08 - 31/12/2016