Associate Professor Tilman Ruff
Position within MAPW:
Australian Chair of ICAN Contact:
tilman [dot] a [dot] ruff [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au
or via MAPW Executive Officer: (03) 8344 1637 or 0431 475 465; or ICANi Communications Officer 0425 230 679
Professional Qualifications:
MB, BS (Hons); FRACP
Current field of medicine:
Tilman Ruff is an infectious diseases and public health physician; Associate Professor in the Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne; medical advisor for the International Department of Australian Red Cross; and technical advisor on immunisation in Pacific island countries for UNICEFi and AusAID;
Special areas of interest:
Nuclear weapons, biological weapons, nuclear power and the links between civil and military nuclear industries. Iraq.
Background:
Associate Professor Tilman Ruff is the immediate past president of the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia); member of the Board of Directors of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNWi, Nobel Peace prize 1985); Australian Management Committee Chair, and IPPNW Working Group Chair, for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. He is one of two invited NGOi Advisers to the Co-Chairs of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
