Born: 31 July 1910, Australia
Died: 20 May 1943
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Dora Lush was a bacteriological research fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, where she worked closely with Macfarlane Burnet. After a period of time in England Lush returned to the Institute in 1942. On 27 April 1943, while working on a vaccine for scrub typhus, Lush accidentally pricked her finger while inoculating a mouse. She died of the disease three weeks later.
Chronology
1932
Education – Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1934
Education – Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1934 – 1939
Career position – Bacteriological Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
1939 – 1942
Career position – Researcher at the National Institute for Medical Research, London
1942 – 1943
Career position – Bacteriological Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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