Solomon Faine

Solomon Faine is a New Zealand-born microbiologist known for his research on leptospirosis. He is an Emeritus Professor of Microbiology at Monash University. With Dr. Leopold Kirschner, Faine made early epidemiologic descriptions of leptospirosis as an occupational disease of dairy farmers in New Zealand.[1]

Early life and education

Faine was born in Wellington, New Zealand, 17 August 1926. He graduated BMedSci in 1946, MB ChB in 1949, and received his MD in 1958 on virulence in Leptospira from the University of Otago Medical School[2] under the mentorship of Dr. Leopold Kirschner. He obtained his PhD from University of Oxford in 1955. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA).[3]

Career and research

Faine's academic career at the University of Otago started as Assistant Lecturer in Bacteriology, a position that he held from 1950-52. In 1953 he was promoted to Lecturer and then to Lecturer in Microbiology, remaining at the University of Otago until 1958. In 1959 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology, University of Sydney, and in 1963 was promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Sydney, a position that he held until 1967. In 1968 he was appointed Professor of Microbiology and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He held this position until 1991, and in 1992 was made Emeritus Professor, Monash University.[3]

Awards and honors

Faine was awarded the Peter Bancroft Prize for Research, University of Sydney, 1965.[4] In 1998 Perolat and colleagues named the intermediate Leptospira species Leptospira fainei for Dr. Faine.[5]

Publications

Solomon Faine publications indexed by PubMed.

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References
  1. Faine, S.; Kirschner, L. (February 1953). "Human leptospirosis in New Zealand, 1951-1952". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 52 (287): 12–14. ISSN 0028-8446. PMID 13054918.
  2. Faine, Solomon (1958). An approach to understanding of virulence in Leptospira through studies of growth and metabolism. Dunedin, New Zealand: MD thesis, University of Otago.
  3. "Solly Faine". www.antimicrobe.org. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  4. Anon (1968). "University Staff: Chair of Microbiology" (PDF). Monash University Gazette. V (1): 36.
  5. Perolat, P.; Chappel, R. J.; Adler, B.; Baranton, G.; Bulach, D. M.; Billinghurst, M. L.; Letocart, M.; Merien, F.; Serrano, M. S. (1998). "Leptospira fainei sp. nov., isolated from pigs in Australia". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 Pt 3: 851–858. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-3-851. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9734039.
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