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Gerard Anthony Byrne (1951 - 2005)

Gerard Anthony Byrne
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Died at age 53 in Avalon, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

Gerard Anthony Byrne was born on 30 May 1951, his father, John, was 37 and his mother, Patricia, was 36.He worked as a policeman . He died on 28 May 2005 in Avalon, New South Wales, at the age of 53. [1]

Born in Saint Margaret's Hospital.

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  1. The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers. [1] Surname: BYRNE, Given Names: Gerard Anthony, Notice Type: Death notice, Date: 28MAY2005, Event: Death, Age: 53 , Other Details: late of Palm Beach, Publication: Manly Daily, Published: 31MAY2005
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Gerard Byrne is Professor and Head of the Discipline of Psychiatry within the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. His primary research interests include Alzheimer's disease (particularly the neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with AD), and personality, anxiety and depression in older people. Recent published work has included papers on generalised anxiety disorder in older people, dementia and delirium in the general hospital setting, and the role of lifestyle factors in predicting cognitive trajectory in middle age and later life.

Biography:

Gerard completed his medical degree and an intercalated science degree in Sydney at the University of New South Wales and the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospitals. Following an internship at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, he undertook two further years of general medical training at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane. He subsequently completed his five years of psychiatry training at The Prince Charles and Wolston Park Hospitals. His PhD in psychiatric epidemiology was undertaken at the University of Queensland under the supervision of Beverley Raphael AM. He has been Head of the UQ Discipline of Psychiatry since 2001 and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital since 1995.

He a member of the Repatriation Medical Authority and, until recently, was on the board of directors of the International Psychogeriatric Association. He chairs the Research Advisory Committee of the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. He is a member of the advisory board of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at the Queensland Brain Institute.

He is a past chairman of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age (FPOA) of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and a former member of the RANZCP General Council. He currently chairs the RANZCP Sub-committee for Advanced Training in Psychiatry of Old Age and is a member of the RANZCP Committee for Training. He is a member of the Queensland Brain Bank Scientific Advisory Committee.

Gerard also serves as a member of NHMRC GRPs and reviews research grant applications for NHMRC, ARC, Hong Kong MRC, New Zealand RC, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research & Development (ZonMw), U.S. Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Australia Research Fund, and Pfizer Neuroscience Research Grants, amongst others.

He reviews manuscripts for Molecular Psychiatry, British Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Brain and Cognition, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of the American Geriatrics Association (JAGS), Journal of Psychiatric Research, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Age and Ageing, Aging and Mental Health, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Australasian Journal on Ageing, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, BMC Psychiatry, Depression and Anxiety, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and International Psychogeriatrics, amongst others.

In 2012 he won the Senior Research Award of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

In 2013 he delivered the Bostock Oration of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

In 2016 he was awarded a Meritorious Service Award by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

posted 19 Jun 2018 by Phil Richardson   [thank Phil]
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