Professor John Miners
Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor
College of Medicine and Public Health
Professor Miners was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Oxford University before taking up a position as Toxicologist in the Department of Biochemistry and Chemical Pathology of Flinders Medical Centre in 1977. He subsequently joined the Department of Clinical Pharmacology in 1978. Until 2002 Professor Miners held the positions of Chief Pharmacologist (Flinders Medical Centre) and Professor in Clinical Pharmacology (Flinders University). From 2003 to 2013, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology. He became a Matthew Flinders Distiguished Professor in the College of Medicine and Public Health from 2014.
- 1969, BSc, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)
- 1971, MSc (1st class honours), (VUW)
- 1974, PhD (VUW)
- 1997, DSc, Flinders University
- Elected to Fellowship of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (FASCEPT), 2019 (inaugural year of ASCEPT Fellowship)
- Elected to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS), 2018
- Elected to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), 2014
- Scientific Achievement Award, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX), 2011
- Distiguished Achievement Award of ASCEPT, 2009
- Elected to Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand (HonFRSNZ), 2008
- Flinders University 40th Anniversay Distinguished Alumni Award, 2006
- ASCEPT Visiting Lecturer to the British Pharmacological Society, 2005
- ISI Highly Cited Author in the discipline of Pharmacology, 2001
- ISI Citation Laureate, 2001 (ranked in the top 30 Australasian scientists based on the number of highly cited papers between 1982-1999)
- Michael Rand Medal for research excellence, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT), 2001
- DSc, Flinders University, 1997
Office bearer for National and International Societies:
Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT)
- President, 2002-2003. (President-Elect, 2001; Past President, 2004)
- Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, 1999-2001
- Chair, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Section, 1999
- Councillor, 1989-1990
International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX)
- President, 2014-2015 (President-elect, 2012-2013)
- Secretary, 1996-1997 and 2010-2011
- Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, 2003 - 2007 (3 terms)
- Councillor, 1988-1991 and 2003-2005
- Nominations Committee, 2006-2009
- Convenor, Organising Committee, 5th International ISSX Meeting, Australia, 1998
- International Advisory Board Member: 7th International Meeting, Vancouver, 2004; 6th International Meeting, Munich, 2001; 4th International Meeting, Seattle, 1995; 3rd International Meeting, Amsterdam, 1991
International Union of of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2010-2014
- Convenor of the Drug Metabolism Section, 2002-2006
- Deputy-chair, Nominations Committee, 2014-2018
- Chair, Membership Committee, 2018-2022
Asia - Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists (previously the Southeast Asian Western Pacific Regional Federation of Pharmacologists),
- Secretary-General, 2004-2007
- President, 2007-2011
International Association for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology
- Founding Councillor, 1990-1993
- International Advisory Board, 5th International Congress of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology, Vancouver, 1997; 4th International Congress of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology, Vienna, 1995; 3rd International Congress of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology, Philadelphia, 1993
9th International Congress of Toxicology, Brisbane, 2001, Secretary, Organising Committee
8th World Congress of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Brisbane, 2004, Executive Committee Member
Journal Editorial Boards
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (1996-2016; Executive Editor, 1998-2007); Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Mediciine (2007-2013); Drug Metabolism and Disposition (Associate Editor, 2008-2012); Drug Metabolism Reviews (2003-present); European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2007-present); Future Medicinal Chemistry (2008-2011); Pharmacogenetics and Genomics (2001-present); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (Associate Editor, 2015-present); Xenobiotica (1997-2017).
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