I was honoured to be the invited Japanese Society for Neurotraumatology Visiting Professor in 2001, and presenting the Jamieson Memorial Lecture and receiving the associated medal at the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia annual meeting in 2009. In 2012, the University of Adelaide awarded me a DSc for my international contributions to neurotrauma research. The Australasian Neuroscience Society and the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia gave me the honour of presenting the Eccles Lecture at their annual meetings in 2015, where the Australasian Neuroscience Society awarded me their Eccles Lecture medal. Later that year, I was inducted as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. In 2018 I was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

Sandoz Postdoctoral Neuroscience Fellow, Neurology Department, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA;  Assistant Research Professor, Neurology Department, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA;  Queen Elizabeth II Fellow (Aust), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD; Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD; Adjunct Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA; Associate Professor/Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Adelaide, SA; NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research and Head of School, School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA; Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences) and Vice President, University of South Australia, SA;  Emeritus Professor, University of South Australia/Adelaide University, SA.

Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

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