Ron Penny

Ron Penny
AO
Born(1936-12-28)28 December 1936
Warsaw, Poland
Died21 December 2019(2019-12-21) (aged 82)
Sydney, Australia
EducationUniversity of New South Wales
Sydney Medical School
Medical career
FieldImmunology
InstitutionsSt Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
University of New South Wales
ResearchHIV/AIDS

Ronald Penny, AO, FRACP (28 December 1936 – 21 December 2019[1]) was an Australian immunologist who made the first diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in Australia in 1982.

  1. ^ Levi, Joshua (21 December 2019). "A hero of the early days of AIDS". Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 31 December 2019.