Professor Richard Head is a Pharmacologist and is currently Emeritus Professor in the Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Affiliate and Professor in the Discipline of Pharmacology, The University of Adelaide. Previously he was the interim Director of the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia, the Deputy Vice Chancellor & Vice President: Research and Innovation for the University of South Australia with a substantive position as the Director of the Sansom Institute for Health Research, Division of Health Sciences also at the University of South Australia.
Formerly he was the Director of CSIRO’s P-Health National Flagship, Chief of CSIRO’s Division of... Read more
About me
Professor Richard Head is a Pharmacologist and is currently Emeritus Professor in the Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Affiliate and Professor in the Discipline of Pharmacology, The University of Adelaide. Previously he was the interim Director of the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia, the Deputy Vice Chancellor & Vice President: Research and Innovation for the University of South Australia with a substantive position as the Director of the Sansom Institute for Health Research, Division of Health Sciences also at the University of South Australia.
Formerly he was the Director of CSIRO’s P-Health National Flagship, Chief of CSIRO’s Division of Health Sciences and Nutrition and prior to that Chief of CSIRO’s Division of Human Nutrition. He served as Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at West Virginia University Medical Centre, as Research Fellow with the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, USA.
He was the recipient of the CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement, the CSIRO Business Excellence Award, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career Development Award. He was a winner of the 2017 Johnson and Johnson Eureka Prize for Innovation in Medical Research as a member of the Colvera Team.
Professor Head has published extensively in human chronic diseases research and has a unique background and skill base in pharmacology and nutrition.
About me
Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
3
|
2023 |
Open access
7
|
2022 |
Open access
20
9
6
|
2022 |
Open access
3
2
9
|
2022 |
14
12
97
|
2022 |
Open access
57
27
|
2022 |
Open access
24
15
|
2022 |
Open access
1
1
|
2022 |
Open access
1
|
2021 |
Open access
7
6
|
2021 |
Open access
2
1
|
2020 |
Open access
7
6
|
2017 |
Open access
8
9
|
2016 |
8
6
|
2016 |
Open access
39
33
|
2015 |
4
3
|
2015 |
40
36
|
2014 |
Open access
103
90
|
2013 |
13
12
|
2013 |
35
27
|
2013 |
Open access
18
15
|
2013 |
20
18
|
2013 |
Open access
10
|
2013 |
Open access
1
|
2013 |
18
17
|
2012 |
Open access
318
271
|
2012 |
Open access
257
223
|
2012 |
14
12
|
2012 |
Open access
149
115
|
2012 |
18
14
|
2012 |
Open access
12
8
|
2011 |
65
64
|
2011 |
16
13
|
2011 |
43
39
|
2011 |
Open access
233
173
|
2011 |
65
60
|
2011 |
9
7
|
2011 |
147
119
|
2011 |
8
4
|
2011 |
Open access
10
10
|
2011 |
9
9
|
2010 |
17
13
|
2010 |
17
15
|
2010 |
835
747
|
2009 |
Open access
99
92
|
2009 |
26
24
|
2009 |
Open access
8
|
2009 |
60
51
|
2009 |
31
27
|
2008 |
42
36
|
Research
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Alzheimer’s Association | UNITED STATES |
Austin Health | AUSTRALIA |
Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science | AUSTRIA |
Calvary Mater Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Columbia University | UNITED STATES |
Cresset Discovery | UNITED KINGDOM |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
CSIRO Preventative Health Flagship, Food and Nutritional Sciences | AUSTRALIA |
Edith Cowan University | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Food Science Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Free University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Hollywood Private Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Hunter Medical Research Institute, Australia | AUSTRALIA |
International Life Sciences Institute | SINGAPORE |
International Society for the System Sciences | UNITED KINGDOM |
Jilin University | CHINA |
Libre de Bruxelles Boulevard du Triomphe | BELGIUM |
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation | INDIA |
Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria | AUSTRALIA |
National Ageing Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
National Cancer Institute | UNITED STATES |
National ICT of Australia (NICTA) | AUSTRALIA |
National University of Singapore | SINGAPORE |
Neurosciences Victoria | AUSTRALIA |
Paterson Institute for Cancer Research | UNITED STATES |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Squizzical Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
University Libre Bruxelles | BELGIUM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Belgrade | SERBIA |
University of Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Putra | MALAYSIA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Toronto | CANADA |
VU University Medical Center | NETHERLANDS |
Zhejiang University | CHINA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
---|---|
Johnson & Johnson Eureka Prize for Innovation in Medical ResearchJohnson and Johnson |
2017 |
Medal for Lifetime AchievementCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) |
2012 |
Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Member, Australian society for Medical Research, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists