ProfessorDavid Le Couteur

David Le Couteur is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Sydney, Senior Staff Specialist Physician in Geriatric Medicine at the Concord RG Hospital in Sydney, and a L3 NHMRC Fellow. In 2016 he was awarded an AO (Officer of the Order of Australia) for distinguished service to medicine as a clinical pharmacologist and geriatrician, particularly through a range of advisory roles and academic research activities. In October 2017 he was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gerontology Biological Sciences (2018-2022), associate editor of the Journal of Gerontology Medical Sciences, on the International Advisory Panel of the journal ‘Age and Ageing’ and an associate editor on Aging Cell. He was president of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT 2011-2013).

He was recipient of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2013 William B Abrams award (for contribution to geriatric clinical pharmacology); 2015 Rand Medal of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (for contribution to national and international pharmacology); 2017 Arthur E Mills Memorial Oration RACP; 2018 Distinguished Professorial Achievement Award, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney; 2023 Blackburn Medal School of Medicine and 2023 Fellow ASCEPT

He served on several Australian Federal medicines committees: the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (2009-2013) and chaired its Drug Utilization Subcommittee; the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (1998-2005) and chaired its Pharmaceutical Subcommittee; and the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medicines (2013-2015). He has served on several education and training committees in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the board of the Australian Medicines Handbook.

His research is ageing biology, geriatric pharmacology and drug development. He has published over 450 papers in peer reviewed journals, and has been awarded 26 Australian NHMRC, ARC, MRFF research grants (>$30 million continuous funding over 30 years).

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