Emeritus Professor Peter Mackenzie

Emeritus Professor

College of Medicine and Public Health

+61 8 82045394

peter.mackenzie@flinders.edu.au

Flinders Medical Centre (6D:310.1)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Professor Mackenzie was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney (Biochemistry Department, 1976). He held post doctoral positions at the University of Kuopio, Finland (Physiology Department, 1976-1980), National Institutes of Health, Maryland, USA (NICHD, 1980-1987) before returning to Flinders University (Clinical Pharmacology) in 1987 as a NHMRC Research Fellow. He is currently Emeritus Professor in the Department.

Qualifications

B.SC (hons 1)
PhD

Honours, awards and grants

Awarded Fogarty International Fellowship for postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health USA (1980-1983) appointed visiting associate in 1983 and visiting scientist in 1986.
Awarded NHMRC Fellowship (1987), SRF (1991), PRF (1994), SPRF (2000).
Awarded UICC International Cancer Research Fellowship (1993).
Elected ASCEPT visitor to the British Toxicological Society, 2000.
Honoured as the 11^th Dr Chiravat Sodavongvivad Memorial Lecturer to the Thai Pharmacological Society, Chiangmai, Thailand in 2004.
Awarded the Asia/Pacific Scientific Achievement Award for 2006 from the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, 2006.
Awarded the MICHAEL RAND MEDAL for 2009 by ASCEPT.

Key responsibilities

Research only
Honours and Postgraduate research supervision

Supervisory interests

Drug metabolising enzymes, cytochrome P450 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase

Gene expression

MicroRNA-regulated gene expression

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Molecular Pharmacology (3)

Associate supervisor: Molecular Pharmacology (2)

Completion

Principal supervisor: Molecular Pharmacology (6)

Associate supervisor: Molecular Pharmacology (10)

Professional engagement

Elected member of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1987-
Elected member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in 1988-.
Fellow of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) 1995-
Councillor of the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) 1994-1997, 2004-2007
Chair of Regional Scientific Affairs Committee (ISSX-Pacific Region) 1993-1997
Member of ISSX International Scientific Affairs Committee 1993-1997, Chair, 2008-
Appointed to the UDP Glycosyltransferase Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and JUPAC-IUBMB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature. 1995-
Appointed UGT specialist advisor to the HUGO Genome Nomenclature Committee. 2005-