Professor Graeme Young
Emeritus Professor
College of Medicine and Public Health
Graeme Young underwent secondary education at Northcote High School Melbourne and subsequently graduated MB, BS in 1969 from the University of Melbourne. After attaining Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1978), he studied overseas on a Fogarty International Fellowship (NIH) and RACP Travelling Scholarship at Washington University, St Louis. He graduated MD in 1981 (University of Melbourne, research), and in 1997 was appointed as the foundation Professor of Gastroenterology at Flinders University of South Australia, and Regional Head of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Southern Adelaide Health Service. In 2002, Graeme was additionally appointed as Director of Development, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer. In 2005, he became Head of the Flinders Cancer Control Alliance, subsequently named the Flinders Centre for Cancer Prevention and Control (FCCPC) and now Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer (FCIC). In 2011,he became Professor of Global Gastrointestinal Health at Flinders University while relinquishing his clinical appointments. He retired from Flinders University staff on Dec 31 2020, following which he was awarded academic status and was honoured as Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor. He remains actively involved with reserach groups in the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute Cancer Impact Program, and with the World Endoscopy Organization Colorectal Cancer Screening Expert Working Group.
MB BS, Melbourne 1969
MD, Melbourne (by research thesis) 1981
FRACP, 1978
FTSE, Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2008
AGAF, Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association, 2009
FAHMS, elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2017)
FGESA, Fellow of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (2021)
2021: Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University.
2017: elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS); Winner of the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Innovation in Medical Research.
2014: Awarded the Charles G Moertel Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, an international Award for “dedication to colon cancer research” and was honoured by establishment by the FCIC of the “Graeme Young Oration”.
In 2014, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to medicine.
In 2013, he received the South Australian Scientist of the Year Award.
In 2011, he was awarded the title of Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor from Flinders University.
In 2009, Graeme was awarded the Distinguished Research Prize of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia at its 50th Anniversary Celebrations in Sydney. Also, he was elected a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF).
2009 he was awarded Adjunct Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore India.
In 2008, Graeme was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE).
In 2007, Graeme was awarded South Australian of the Year in Health for his screening research and the role he played in the establishment of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Also in 2007, he was recognised as one of the fifty most influential people in South Australia.
In 2006, he received a 'Ten of the Best' award from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia for his research into screening for colorectal cancer.
Graeme was appointed as CSIRO P-Health Flagship Fellow in 2005.
Current: Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University
2011-2020; Professor of Global GI Health - leader of the research teams (molecular biology, cell biology, population screening, nutrition)
Chairman of the Governing Council (board) of the FCIC.
2015-2018; Chair, The Salvation Army Moral and Social Issues Council, Australia Southern Territory.
2012-2013 Consultant, Zinc Panel, NICHD funded BOND (Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development) initiative.
2012-2018 Chairman of the Governing Council (board) of the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer
2005-2013 Chairman, Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee, World Endoscopy Organization (WEO)
In terms of leadership and peer processes, he has recently been Chairman of the Governing Council (board) of the FCIC. He has participated in and/or chairs national committees or boards including the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, NHMRC, and National Cancer Control Initiative. He has served as a council member of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia for 12 years. He has advised several international research bodies (including US National Cancer Institute), organisations involved in management of cancer (e.g. WEO, UICC) and biotechnology companies. He is a founding Board Member of the International Digestive Cancer Alliance and is the Chair of the World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee.
He has advised health authorities in Australia, and a number of countries around the world including New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Netherlands and other countries on aspects of prevention of colorectal cancer. In 2012, he was invited by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a global process re-examining the role of zinc therapy in diarrhoea and malnutrition in developing countries.
In 2015-2018; he became Chair of The Salvation Army Moral and Social Issues Council, Australia Southern Territory.
- Cancer
- Gastroenterology
- Nutrition
- Chemoprevention
- Colorectal Cancer
- Gastroenterology
- Intestinal Epithelial Biology
- Nutrition
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