Professor Ross McKinnon
Dean (Research), Beat Cancer Professor and Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor
College of Medicine and Public Health
Welcome to my homepage. I am currently Dean (Research) and Beat Cancer Professorial Chair in the College of Medicine and Public Health. A former Flinders School of Medicine PhD graduate, I joined Flinders as Director of the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer in 2011 after 16 years with UniSA, stepping down from this role in 2018. At UniSA, I was the inaugural Director of the Sansom Institute (2005-2009) and Associate Head (Research) of the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences. An academic pharmacist, I have broad research interests in the pharmacology, pharmaceutical biotechnology and molecular oncology areas. I am a co-inventor of patents relating to cancer chemoprevention (PharmaQest) and the discovery of novel anti-inflammatory compounds. I am a Board Member of Therapeutic Innovation Australia and the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation. I am also currently a Vice-President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), which represents more than three million pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists globally.
B Sc (Hons) (Flinders)
PhD (Flinders)
Current Grants
McKinnon RA. Beat Cancer Professor (Cancer Council SA/ SA Health) 2017-2020
Miners JO, McKinnon RA. The molecular basis of cytochrome P450 ligand bidning. NHMRC Project Grant 2017-2019
Meech R, McKinnon RA, Mackenzie PI, Hu DG, Karapetis CS. UGT enzymes in chemotherapeutic drug metabolism: new avenues to improve drug response and overcome resistance. NHMRC Project Grant. 2018-2020
Watson D, Karapetis C, Young G, Ratcliffe J, Woodman R, Koczwara B, Symonds E, Reed R, Fraser R, McKinnon R. Improving gastrointestinal cancer outcomes: prevention, treatment and survivorship. Beat Cancer Translational Package. 2018-2020
Awards/Honours
2017 Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor
2016 Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
2016: Barrie L. Reed Distinguished Lecturer, Monash University
2016: Vice-President, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) (Elected for second term)
2014: Fellow, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
2014: Chair, FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress 2014
2012: Vice-President, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
2011: APSA Medallist
2011: AusBiotech Millis Orator
2010: CSIRO Flagship Fellow
2010: National Facilitator, DIISR Translating Health Discovery Into Clinical Applications SuperScience Project
2010-2011: Member, NHMRC Academy
2008: UniSA Chancellor's Community Engagement Award in collaboration with Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation.
2006-2010: Member, CSIRO P-Health and Health Sector Advisory Boards
2004-2008: President, Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association
2001: Fellow, Governor's Leadership Foundation (Leaders Institute of South Australia)
2000: Australian Institute of Political Science Tall Poppy Award
1993: NHMRC C.J. Martin Fellowship
1990: ASCEPT Neville Percy Prize
1988: Flinders University Medal, Peter Meffin Prize, Chancellor's Merit List, Dean's Merit List
1985: Beecham Research Laboratories Mastermind of Australian Hospital Pharmacy (State and National Winner)
1982: SAIT School of Pharmacy: Lipsham Memorial Award, Parke Davis Prize, Sir Eric Scott Prize
Dean (Research), College of Medicine and Public Health
Beat Cancer Professorial Chair (Cancer Council/SA Health)
I have broad interests in the pharmacy and pharmaceutical science discipline including drug discovery and development, pharmacogenomics and the quality use of medicines.
Currently funded projects include:
- Precision approaches to anti-cancer medicines (Funding: Cancer Council SA, NHMRC)
- Glucuronidation and cancer (Funding: Cancer Council SA, NHMRC)
- Development of medicines based on traditional indigenous medicine: a collaborative project with the Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation (Funding: NHMRC, UniSA)
- Drug discovery and development (Biotechnology)
- Pharmacology
- Cancer therapeutics
- Research
APSA Oral Prize -
APSA Poster Award -
Finalist, Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards - DEC 2009
Sansom Medal - DEC 2009
Tall Poppy Award - DEC 2009
Tall Poppy Award - DEC 2009
PE Biosystems Prize in Drug Metabolism, Delivery and Pharmacokinetics - DEC 2001
APSA Young Investigator Award - DEC 2003
ASCEPT Pharmacogenomics Prize - DEC 2012
NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship -
NHMRC Early Career Fellowship -
Tall Poppy Award - AUG 2014
Vice-President, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
Member, FIP Bureau and FIP Council
Board Member, Therapeutic Innovation Australia
Board Member, Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation
Chair, Avner Foundation Scientific Advisory Panel
Member, International Society of the Study of Xenobiotics Scientific Advisory Committee
Member, Editorial Board of The Pharmacogenomics Journal
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