Ian Gust
| Ian Gust AO | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 January 1941 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Virology, pathology |
| Institutions |
Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital (1970–1991); Burnet Institute (1970–1990); CSL Limited (1990–2008) |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne University of London |
| Known for | The development of vaccines against Hepatitis A |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1986) |
Ian David Gust AO MD, BS, BSc, DipBact, FRCPA, FRACP, MASM, FT (born 15 January 1941) is an Australian medical researcher, virologist, and former science administrator. Gust's area of work is in the development of drugs and vaccines against viral diseases and he is best known for the development of vaccines against the Hepatitis A virus. He currently serves as a non–executive company director and consultant.
Gust is the son of Itzhak Gust, a prominent Jewish socialist who migrated to Australia from Poland, via Palestine, in the 1930s. His sister is the writer Amirah Inglis.
After an initial residency at The Alfred Hospital, Gust was appointed as a pathology registrar at the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; then spending two years in the United Kingdom at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the WHO Regional Virus Laboratory in Glasgow. Gust returned to Fairfield in 1970 and was appointed a medical virologist at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, a position he held for over twenty years. During this period, Fairfield gained a world wide reputation for virology education, research and treatment. The laboratory was the first to isolate hepatitis A virus and one of the first strains of respiratory syncytial virus (the A2 strain, now a reference A group virus).
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