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Ian Reay Mackay
Born(1922-03-22)22 March 1922[1]
Died24 March 2020(2020-03-24)(aged 98)[2]
NationalityAustralian
Known forautoimmune diseases
Scientific career
Fieldsimmunology

Ian MackayAMFAA(22 March 1922 – 24 March 2020) was an Australian immunologist. He is noted for his work onautoimmune diseasesand is considered to have made major contributions to this field. Mackay was a professor atMonash Universityand wrote a new edition of his textbook on autoimmune disease. His bookIntolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity(written with Warwick Anderson) won the General History Prize,New South Wales Premier's History Awards2015.[3]

Mackay was appointed aMember of the Order of Australiain the1981 Australia Day Honoursfor service to medical research.[4]He was elected a Fellow of theAustralian Academy of Sciencein 1991.[5]

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  • "Mechanisms of autoimmunity: a tribute to Professor Ian Mackay. Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Autoimmunity Workshop. July 6–8, 2007. Melbourne, Australia".J. Autoimmun.31(3).England:197–310. November 2008.doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2008.04.004.ISSN0896-8411.PMID19198029.
  • Whittingham, Senga; Rowley Merrill J; Gershwin M Eric (November 2008). "A tribute to an outstanding immunologist - Ian Reay Mackay".J. Autoimmun.31(3).England:197–200.doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2008.04.004.ISSN0896-8411.PMID18502096.
  1. ^"Mackay, Ian Reay (1922 - )".Encyclopedia of Australian Science.Retrieved21 November2013.
  2. ^"Vale Professor Ian Reay Mackay AM (1922–2020)".Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Institute of Research. 24 March 2020.Retrieved27 April2020.
  3. ^"New South Wales Premier's Awards"(PDF).SL Magazine.8(4): 36. Summer 2015.
  4. ^"Dr Ian Reay Mackay".Australian Honours Search Facility.Retrieved18 January2024.
  5. ^"Ian Mackay".Australian Academy of Science.Retrieved18 January2024.
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