Ian Reay Mackay
Ian Reay Mackay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 March 1922[1] |
| Died | 24 March 2020 (aged 98)[2] |
| Known for | autoimmune diseases |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | immunology |
Ian Mackay AM FAA (22 March 1922 – 24 March 2020) was an Australian immunologist. He is noted for his work on autoimmune diseases and is considered to have made major contributions to this field. Mackay was a professor at Monash University and wrote a new edition of his textbook on autoimmune disease. His book Intolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity (written with Warwick Anderson) won the General History Prize, New South Wales Premier's History Awards 2015.[3]
Mackay was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Australia Day Honours for service to medical research.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1991.[5]
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