Biography
Professor Peter Hartmann completed a Bachelor of Rural Sciences
with Honours at the University of New England in New South Wales
and a PhD at the University of Sydney. His early research on
lactation focused on dairy cattle, in postdoctoral and research
positions in the UK, USA and Australia. Professor Hartmann took
up a lectureship at The University of Western Australia in 1972.
During his time at UWA, he has founded the Human Lactation Research Group, has twice
been Head of the Department of Biochemistry and was Dean of the
Faculty of Science from 1990 to 1992. He is currently on the
Higher Degrees Committee for the Faculty of Science. He has
supervised over 45 honours students, five Masters of Science, and
33 PhDs.
As well as his work at UWA, Professor Hartmann has also
contributed to other universities and institutions. From 1999 to
2008 he was a Visiting Professor at the Kagawa Nutrition
Universityin Sakado, Japan; he was an Adjunct Professor in the
Department of Medical Imaging Science at Curtin University of
Technology from 2000 to 2004; and from 2002 to 2004 he was a
Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the Texas Tech University in
Amarillo, USA.
Professor Hartmann is currently President Elect of the
International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation.
He is an Editorial Review Panel Member for Breastfeeding
Review, Breastfeeding Medicine and the International
Breastfeeding Journal, as well occasionally reviewing for
various other journals. He is also a Research Grant Assessor for
various research councils and corporations.
Memberships
Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
Nutrition Society of Australia
Australian Society for Reproductive
Biology
Australian Perinatal Society
International Society for Research in Human
Milk and Lactation
Funding
Medela
Women and Infants Research Foundation
Collaborators
Professor Karen Sumner,
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor Paula Meier, University of Illinois, Chicago
Professor Michael Paech, King Edward Memorial Hospital
Professor Thomas Hale Texas Tech University, Amarillo,
Texas
Recent
Awards
2007 La Leche League International Award
of Excellence for contribution to supporting
breastfeeding.
2006 Macy-Gyorgy Award by International Society for Research
Human Milk and Lactation
Nominated for Teaching & Learning Award
for Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry – Contribution to the
Curriculum Award (Academic).
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