Associate Professor Tilman Ruff
Position within MAPW:
Co-President, IPPNW Contact:
tilman [dot] a [dot] ruff [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au
or via MAPW Executive Officer: (03) 9023 1958 or 0431 475 465
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 Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNWi, Nobel Peace prize 1985); a member of the National Council, and former President, of the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia); Australian Management Committee member and IPPNWi Working Group Chair, for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICANi).
