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Professor Edward Byrne AO MBBS MD DSc MBA FCRP FRACP is a neuroscientist and university administrator. He is currently serving Vice-Chancellor of Monash University in Australia. [edit] Early lifeByrne grew up in northeast England, the son of a general practitioner, and moved to Australia at the age of 15.[3] He studied medicine at the University of Tasmania, graduating with first class honours in 1974. [edit] Professional CareerProfessor Byrne's career in neuroscience combined prominent work as both a researcher and clinician.[4] His career began in Adelaide, Australia, as Neurology Registrar at Adelaide Hospital in 1978. In 1981, he left Australia to undertake a research fellowship in clinical neurology in London.[5] He returned to Australia to become Director of Neurology at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne in 1983 - at just 31 years old.[6] In 1993, he became Founding Director of the Melbourne Neuromuscular Research Unit and the Centre for Neuroscience, going on to become Professor of Experimental Neurology at the University of Melbourne in 2001. His contribution to neuroscience has been particularly strong in mitochondrial disease.[7] In 2003, his work was recognised when he was admitted as an Officer of the Order of Australia - one of the country's highest civilian honours. Byrne first came to Monash University in 2003, when he was made Dean of its Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences,[8] a role he held until 2007. He then returned to the UK, where he became Vice-Provost (Health) at University College London (initially serving as Dean of its Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Head of its School of Medicine.[9][10] In 2009, Monash University announced that Professor Byrne would replace Richard Larkins, its outgoing Vice-Chancellor. Immediately upon his appointment, Byrne undertook a restructuring of the University's management and administration, placing the ten faculties into four "clusters". The aim of this was to encourage inter-disciplinary collarboration and reduce duplication across faculties (cutting administrative costs).[11] Byrne has stated that, in his term as Vice-Chancellor, he wants Monash to consolidate and increase the research output of its international campuses in Malaysia and South Africa, and its graduate academy in India, tapping into regional research funding.[12] In addition to his role in universities and medical research, Byrne has served on the boards of various commercial biomedical enterprises, including Cochlear (one of Australia's most successful biotech companies) and BUPA (the UK's leading private health provider).[13] In his personal life, he is described as softly spoken, and apparently has a keen interest in fly fishing and classical music.[14] [edit] References
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