John Stirling

Academic Status

College of Medicine and Public Health

place Health Sciences
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Lead editor 2025: Bancroft's Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques. Author of 3 chapters.

Co-editor 2020-2025: Ghadially's Ultrastructural Pathology of the Cell and Matrix. Author of 3 chapters. Published 2025 (Routledge - CRC Press)

Initiator and lead editor: Diagnostic Electron Microscopy: A Practical Guide to Interpretation and Technique. Author of 3 chapters. Published 2013. Wiley- RMS. 

Qualifications
  • BSc (Hons), University College Cardiff, Wales
  • M.Lett, Central Queensland University
  • Diploma in Business Administration for Science Graduates, University College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Honours, awards and grants
  • Gold Medal and Life Membership, The Australian Institute of Medical Science 2016
  • Member (Associate Fellow) - The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
  • Fellow - The Royal Microscopical Society
  • Winner - Specialist Area: Inaugural South Australian Allied, Scientific and Complementary Health Excellence Awards 2008
  • Teaching Excellence Award: Graduate Entry Medical Course 2014
  • Certificates of Appreciation, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Electron Microscopy QAP - Convenor 2009-2011
  • Certificates of Appreciation, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Electron Microscopy QAP 2006-2015
  • Certificate of Appreciation, The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia - service to members 1999
Key responsibilities

MDSC1102 Topic co-ordinator 1998-2008

Teaching interests

Medical science

Transmission electron microscopy - diagnostics and applications

Scientific writing

Topic coordinator
MDSC1102 Skills for Medical Scientists
Topic lecturer
MDSC1102 Skills for Medical Scientists