ProfessorArthur Conigrave

BSc (Med), MBBS, MSc, PhD, MD, FRACP

Professor Emeritus Arthur Conigrave (MD PhD FRACP FRSN) is an Endocrinologist specialising in the management of patients with metabolic bone disease (including osteoporosis and disorders of calcium metabolism), and a researcher in molecular endocrinology and metabolism. He has a special interest in the manner in which the body senses nutrients, particularly the macronutrients protein and carbohydrate, and two key mineral ions, calcium and phosphate. He is an expert on Calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR) signaling mechanisms and accurately predicted that the CaSR mediates L-amino acid-induced release of important gut hormones. He is past Chair of the NHMRC Grant Review Panel in Musculoskeletal Medicine, former Dean of Sydney Medical School, and a two-time winner of the Lilly Endocrinology Research Awards.