Rate My Professor Saxon White

Emeritus Professor Saxon White holds the title of Emeritus Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, Discipline of Human Physiology, within the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle. He served as the Foundation Professor of Human Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine from 1976 to 1999, where he played a pivotal role in developing innovative curricula and research programs in human physiology. Prior to this appointment, White was Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology at Flinders University (1974-1976), Chapman Fellow in Cardiology at the University of Sydney (1971-1974), and held prestigious fellowships including the Overseas Fellowship of the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund of Australia and New Zealand at the University of Gothenburg (1968-1970), University of California, San Diego (1969), and the University of Sydney (1970). Earlier positions included Research Fellow of the National Heart Foundation of Australia at the University of New South Wales (1965-1967) and Senior Tutor in Surgery at the same institution (1964). He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1958 and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of New South Wales in 1967.

White's research focuses on neural and non-neural control of coronary and bronchial circulations, integrated mechanisms for survival in natural states, hypoxia related to ischaemia, pulmonary disease, altitude, and exercise, exercise stress testing, emotion and autonomic responses, and evolutionary aspects of cardiopulmonary survival. He has produced 101 fully peer-reviewed journal papers, reviews, and book chapters, as well as 122 abstracts (as of 2013). Key publications include the book 'Drug Controversy in Sport: The Socio-Ethical and Medical Issues' (1991, co-authored with RS Laura), journal articles such as 'Hemodynamic Response to Exercise for Prediction of Development of Kidney Failure' (2016, co-authored with AR Khoshdel), and 'Integrated autonomic control of bronchial blood flow and airway dimensions during strenuous exercise in sheep' (2007, co-authored with G Parsons et al.). Among his numerous honors, he was appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 2005 for service to medicine, medical education, and human physiology research, particularly in curriculum innovation. Additional accolades include Life Membership of the Hunter Postgraduate Medical Institute (2016), Fellow of the Hunter Academy of Sport (1993), and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Physiological Society (2011). White supervised 17 PhD and Honours completions from 1973 to 1998 and founded the Hunter Academy of Sport in 1988.