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Professor John Olynyk

Professor John Olynyk is a Research Professor in the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

He is a consultant Hepatologist in the Department of Gastroenterology at Fiona Stanley Hospital Group and also the Honorary Director of Research, Spinnaker Health Research Foundation.

He is a medical advisor to the Haemochromatosis Australia and a consultant for the Lifeblood Australia.  He has established internationally recognized research programs in Hereditary Haemochromatosis and disorders of iron metabolism, chronic liver injury, hepatocellular carcinoma and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.  He has published over 230 original articles and has a H index of 62.

Professional Associations

  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
  • Member, Gastroenterological Society of Australia.
  • Member, Section of Hepatology, Gastroenterological Society of Australia.
  • Member, New York Academy of Sciences.
  • Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
  • Member, Australian-Pacific Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
  • Member, International Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2021 - Curtinnovation Award – Overall best innovation – “Livercancersmart test” https://youtu.be/VBnGgQyF-X8
  • 2020 - NHMRC 10 of the best research projects (PDF)
  • 2016 - Distinguished Research Prize, Gastroenterological Society of Australia.
  • 2015 - OzApp Award Top 20 Finalist for High Ferritin App, Perth.
  • 2014 - AASLD Fellow.  American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
  • 2013 - Nominated for John Rowe Award for Consultant Teacher of 2012, Postgraduate Medical Education, Fremantle Hospital.
  • 2011 - Highest RPI Points for Publications, Faculty of Health Sciences Prize, Office of Research and Development, Curtin University.
  • 1995 - Gastroenterological Society of Australia, Senior Travel Award.
  • 1991 - Wellcome Research Prize, Department of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide.
  • 1989 - Best Scientific Paper, South Australian College of Physicians Scientific Meeting.
  • 1984 - Helen Jane Lamard Prize in Medicine.

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