Christopher Carl Goodnow (born 19 September 1959) is an immunology researcher and the current executive director of the

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. He holds the Bill and Patricia Ritchie Foundation Chair and is a Conjoint Professor in the faculty of medicine at

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. He holds dual Australian and US

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Career

Born in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

in 1959 to Robert Goodnow and Jacqueline J. Goodnow AC, Goodnow grew up in

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and

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before moving to

, Australia as a teenager. He trained in

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all a ...

and surgery,

immunochemistry Immunochemistry is the study of the chemistry of the immune system. This involves the study of the properties, functions, interactions and production of the chemical components of the immune system. It also include immune responses and determina ...

and

immunology Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of Immune system, immune systems in all Organism, organisms. Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the Physiology, physiological functioning of the immune system in ...

at the

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and in

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technology at

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. After doctoral studies at

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and the University of Sydney, he joined the faculty of the Stanford University Medical School and the

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in 1990. There he established the concept of multiple immune tolerance checkpoints, a framework now widely used in cancer treatment with "

checkpoint inhibitor Checkpoint inhibitor therapy is a form of Treatment of cancer, cancer immunotherapy. The therapy targets immune checkpoints, key regulators of the immune system that when stimulated can dampen the immune response to an immunologic stimulus. Some ca ...

s", and revealed the function of key genes in these checkpoints. In 1997 Goodnow joined the faculty at the

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as professor and founding director of the Medical Genome Centre, leading its development into a major national research facility, the Australian Phenomics Facility. In 2015 he joined the

as deputy director to translate genomic DNA sequence analysis of the human immune system into understanding the cause of immune disorders and developing more effective, personalised treatments. During this period Goodnow oversaw the development of the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics in partnership with the

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in Israel, the only multidisciplinary centre of its kind in the southern hemisphere as well as playing a key role in the development of the Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium Australia (CIRCA). In May 2018, Goodnow was named Executive Director of the Garvan Institute.

Honours

* 1979: John Gurner and Frederick Ebsworth Prize for Biology,

* 1984: Honours Class I with B.V.Sc. degree; Honours Class I and

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with B.Sc.(Vet) degree * 1986:

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Biomedical Research Scholarship * 1989: Medical Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship * 1992-95: Searle Scholar * 1998:

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/Pharmingen Investigator Award * 2001: Centenary Medal for services to Australian society and science in systems and control theory * 2001:

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* 2002: Elected a

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of the

* 2005: Australian Health Ministers Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research * 2006:

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Federation

* 2006:

Distinguished Lecturer * 2007: Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award * 2009: Elected a

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, the UK and

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academy of science (confirmed 2009-05-15ANU immunology pioneer elected to The Royal Society

, 2009-05-15, accessed 2009-05-20) * 2010: Australasian Society for Immunology Burnet Orator * 2010:

of Australia

* 2010: Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research * 2012: Glaxo-Smith-Kline Award for Research Excellence * 2013: Elected Member of the US

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* 2015-2016: President of the Australasian Society for Immunology * 2025:

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in Polyarthritis.

Other interests

Goodnow is well known for leading a 1980 expedition to Indonesia's remote

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off the coast of

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, discovering the now-famous surf breaks and a wave that is today considered one of the world's best, Macaronis.

External

Biography - Australian National UniversityAustralian Phenomics Facility

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodnow, Chris 1959 births Living people Fellows of the Royal Society Australian immunologists Academic staff of the Australian National University WEHI alumni Stanford University School of Medicine faculty Howard Hughes Medical Investigators Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Garvan Institute of Medical Research alumni