Nicholas Talley

Laureate Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC, MB BS (Hons)(NSW), M MedSc (Clin Epi)(Newc), MD (NSW), PhD (Syd), FRACP, FAFPHM, FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Edin), FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAHMS



Laureate Professor Nick Talley an expert clinician, educator and researcher, with extensive experience as a leader in the medical and University sectors. He previously held an appointment as Pro Vice-Chancellor (and Dean) of the Faculty of Health and Medicine at the University of Newcastle from 2010-2015, and was seconded to be the Deputy Vice-Chancellor-Research (Acting) at the University of Newcastle from June 2013 to March 2014 and was Pro-Vice Chancellor, Global Research from 2016 – Dec 2019.



Professor Talley is a neurogastroenterologist, has published over 1000 papers in the peer-reviewed literature, and is considered one of the world’s most influential clinician-researchers (H index 139, Scopus Dec 2019). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia (since 2015). He is also a leading medical educator and the author of the highly regarded textbooks Clinical Examination and Examination Medicine. In June 2014, Professor Talley was inaugurated as one of the first 15 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) and was elected to the Executive of the Academy.



On Australia Day 2018, Professor Talley was honoured with the Companion of the Order of Australia for "For eminent service to medical research, and to education in the field of gastroenterology and epidemiology, as an academic, author and administrator at the national and international level, and to health and scientific associations."



Professor Talley was on the consultant staff at Mayo Clinic for 12 years in Rochester, MN where he held the rank of Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, and was Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida from 2007-2010. He was the Foundation Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital for nearly a decade.



Professor Talley is a Senior Staff Specialist and gastroenterologist at John Hunter Hospital and attends clinic and lists on a weekly basis. He currently holds adjunct research appointments as Professor at Mayo Clinic, University of North Carolina and the Karolinska Institute. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (and Past President 2014-2016), the Royal College of Physicians (both London and Edinburgh), the American College of Physicians, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.





Education and Training



MB, BS (Hons) University of NSW, Australia Medicine

PhD University of Sydney, Australia Medicine

MD University of NSW, Australia Medicine (Research)

MMedSci (Clin Epi) University of Newcastle, Australia Epidemiology (molecular and genetic)





Experience



University of Newcastle

Distinguished Laureate Professor

2020 – Present

Professor

Jun 2010 – Present

I have been a full Professor since the age of 37 beginning at the University of Sydney as Foundation Professor of Medicine.



Mayo Clinic

Chair, Department of Medicine

2007 – 2010



Mayo Clinic Rochester

Professor

2002 – 2007

Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, and Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Chair, Motility Interest Group. Held previous appointments rising to the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine 1987-1993.



University of Sydney

Foundation Professor of Medicine

1993 – 2002





Recent Leadership Positions:



Honorary Treasurer and Member of the Board: Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

Chair, Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) (2015-2017)

President, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (2014-2016)

President-Elect, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, (2012-2014)

Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) University of Newcastle, 2013-2014

Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, USA, 2007-2010

Member of the Rome Foundation Board for 17 years

Editor-in-Chief of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (major UK Medical Journal)

Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology (major USA Medical Journal)

Hunter Medical Research Institute, Board Director (2010-2014)

Board Member, SAX Board

Board Member, GESA (Gastroenterological Society of Australia)

Director, Priority Research Centre, Digestive Health and Neurogastroenterology





Honours and Awards (last 10 years)



2006 Distinguished Research Prize for 2006, Gastroenterological Society of Australia

2006 Professor of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA

2006 Mayo Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine Research Mentorship Award

2007 Convocation Medal for Professional Excellence, University of Newcastle

2009 Health Care Hero, Jacksonville Business Journal

2010 Vikit Viranuvatti Lecture, Thailand

2010 Bill Silverman Prize 2010, for “Errors in the conduct of systematic reviews of pharmacological interventions for irritable bowel syndrome” Am J Gastroenterol 2010; (105):280-88 (with Dr’s Ford, Moayyedi and Guyatt).

2011 Rome Foundation Board Lifetime Award

2014 Elected (among the first 15) Fellow, Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

2014 Rome Foundation Ken Heaton Award - Paper Most Cited on Functional GI and Motility Disorders, 2012 (to first author Natasha Koloski),

2014 American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Distinguished Educator Award.

2014 Newcastle Innovation Excellence in Innovation Award

2014 NSW Excellence in Biological Sciences Prize (Cell and Molecular, Medical and Veterinary and Genetics)

2015 Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore

2015 Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

2015 Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia

2016 Ray Clouse Prize: NJ Talley for Best Research Publication. Rome Foundation

2016 David Sun Lecture, American College of Gastroenterology

2017 Master of the American College of Gastroenterology, ACG, USA.

2017 Finalist for the 2017 GSK Award for Research Excellence.

2017 Australia’s most cited academic. Google Scholar November 2017

2018 NSW Premiers Prize for the NSW Scientist of the Year 2018

2018 Peter Wills Medal 2018 by Research Australia

2019 Honorary membership of the Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology

2019 Australian Doctors Federation – Bruce Shepard Medal. To recognise outstanding contribution to independent medicine and the highest ideals of the Australian medical profession

2019 Recognized as an Expertscape World Expert in Helicobacter Infections. Expertscape's algorithms - top 0.1% of scholars writing about Helicobacter Infections over the past 10 years, a level we label as "World Expert.






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