John J Morrison

Biography

John Morrison is a graduate of the University of Queensland with an Honours degree in Microbiology and a PhD in Immunology and Toxinology. He also holds qualifications in Health Economics. He has worked as a Research Scientist at the University of Queensland and at CSIRO, and has also served as a Scientific Officer with the Australian Army Medical Corps – conducting both pre-clinical research as well as field trials of anti-malarial drugs in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In 1989 he joined the Australian biomedical products industry and has extensive clinical trials and research management experience gained over more than 20 years in various Industry positions – from small local consultancies to large multi-national Pharmaceutical Companies and Contract Research Organisations. Additionally, he has worked as Clinical Program Manager with QRx Pharma Pty Ltd, a start-up and Biotechnology Company, with responsibility for clinical development plans. He also has accreditation and experience in research Quality Assurance, having worked as a contract clinical trials auditor and QA advisor, and also as Clinical Quality Compliance Manager with Sirtex Technology Ltd. He is currently Senior Trainer in clinical trial conduct and Good Clinical Practice with the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) through Research Excellence Training. He is an adjunct academic with the University of Queensland School of Pharmacy and Queensland University of Technology School of Biomedical Science, as well as a trial judge and mentor with the NSW Enterprise Workshop, Biotechnology Stream, teaching Good Clinical Practice as well as ethically and scientifically valid clinical trial design and conduct. He has served with the Australian Army Medical Corps as a reservist for a number of years, his most recent position being as a Staff Officer responsible for helping co-ordinate Human Research projects and the Australian Defence Human Research Ethics Committee (ADHREC). He was jointly responsible for establishing a system of pre-ADHREC evaluation of the suitability of research submissions, as well as drafting the Terms of Reference and preliminary guidelines for establishing a Scientific Sub-committee of ADHREC. He was also involved in reviewing, evaluating, and suggesting improvements for the first version of the National Ethics Application Form (NEAF).

Research Interest

  Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics Drug Targeting & Drug Development Pharmaceutical Research Pharmaceutical Materials Pharmaceutical Formulations Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Pharmaceutical Technology Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Engineering Drug Delivery Technologies Medical Devices Drug Regulatory Affairs Pharmaceutical Management