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Guy Marks

Working Group Head, Lung Health; Senior Principal Research Fellow
Portrait of Guy Marks
Background

Guy Marks is a respiratory and public health physician and epidemiologist. He is President and interim Executive Director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).

Guy is a member of the Board of Directors of the NCD Alliance and the Federation of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS). He is a former member of the steering committee of the Global Asthma Network. He led the Centre for Air pollution, energy and health Research (CAR, an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence) from 2012 to 2022.

He is an Adjunct Professor (formerly Scientia Professor) at UNSW Sydney and an Honorary Professor at University of Sydney. His main research interests are in chronic respiratory disease (asthma and COPD), tuberculosis and protection from airborne hazards (both infectious and non-infectious).

Qualifications
  • 2019: Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
  • 1997: Fellow, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM)
  • 1993: PhD Syd 
  • 1989: Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 
  • 1981: MBBS Hons 2(2) NSW 
  • 1980: B Med Sc NSW 
Appointments
  • 2020–present: Member, WHO/WRPO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on tuberculosis
  • 2020–present: Member, Board of Directors, NCD (Non Communicable Diseases) Alliance 
  • 2020–present: Member, Board of the Federation of International Respiratory Societies 
  • 2010–present: Board of Directors, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases 
  • 2019–present: Member, WHO Expert Review Panel for guidelines for management of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) 
  • 2019–present: Member, Tuberculosis Modelling and Analysis Consortium Advisory Panel 
  • 2018–present: Chair, Scientific Steering Committee, FORMAT Trial
Positions
  • 2024–present: Senior Principal Research Fellow and Working Group Head
  • 2020–2024: Interim Executive Director (CEO), The Union
  • 2019–present: President, The Union
  • 2013–2024: Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney 
  • 2013–2024: Research Leader, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research
  • 2007–present: Honorary Professor, University of Sydney
  • 1997–present: Head, Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology
  • 1994–2024: Respiratory Physician, Liverpool Hospital (Head of Department of Respiratory Medicine, 1994–2008)
Awards
  • 2022: Ho Chi Minh Prize for Science Distinction, Government of Vietnam 
  • 2022: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to respiratory medicine and research, and to tertiary education 
  • 2021: Lung Health Legend Award, Lung Foundation of Australia 
  • 2019: Scientia Professor, University of NSW Sydney 
  • 2018: Research Award, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam 
  • 2017: Award from Vietnam National TB Program for contribution to TB control 
  • 2014: Distinguished Research Award, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of NSW 
  • 2014: Lady Mary Fairfax Distinguished Research Award, Ingham Institute 
  • 2013: NHMRC Achievement Award for Top Ranked Research Fellow  
  • 2010: Research Medal, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand 
  • 2010: NHMRC Achievement Award for Top Ranked Practitioner Fellow 
  • 2008: Hall of Fame Award, Asthma Foundation of NSW  
  • 2008: European Respiratory Society Visiting Professorship  
  • 2007: Consultant Teacher of the Year award, Liverpool Hospital  
  • 2006: Medical Research Media Award, Research Australia 
  • 1997: Rolf Edgar Lake Research Fellow, University of Sydney 
  • 1992: Travelling Fellowship, Asthma Foundation of NSW 
  • 1992: Norman Rose Memorial Travelling Scholarship, Sydney Hospitallers  
  • 1992: Lillian Roxon Memorial Travel Grant, Asthma Foundation of Victoria 
  • 1981: Alumni Award for Achievement, University of NSW