Carol Armour

Carol Armour AM is an Australian researcher specialising in asthma, and an emerita professor of pharmacology at the University of Sydney. Her research ranged from cellular level investigations to translation of asthma research into the health system. Carol was a member of the Australian Respiratory Council's research committee. She was a NHMRC Research Committee member and Pro Vice Chancellor, Research, at The University of Sydney, before taking up a position as the Executive Director of the Woolcock Institute in 2012 and retiring in 2024.

Honours

2005 – Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society
2007 – Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association medal for research
2019 – Member of the Order of Australia for "significant services to medical education and to asthma management"
2020 – Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers

Armour's research is in basic cellular and molecular studies on the pathophysiology of asthma, as well as using new models of community pharmacy to manage chronic disease.

Armour, C., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., Brillant, M., Burton, D., Emmerton, L., Krass, I.,... & Stewart, K.. . Thorax, 62, 496-592.
Armour, Carol & Lemay, Kate & Saini, Bandana & Reddel, Helen & Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia & Smith, Lorraine & Burton, Deborah & Song, Yun & Alles, Marie & Stewart, Kay & Emmerton, Lynne & Krass, Ines.. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma. 48. 914-22.
Armour, Carol & Reddel, Helen & Lemay, Kate & Saini, Bandana & Smith, Lorraine & Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia & Song, Yun & Alles, M & Burton, Deborah & Emmerton, Lynne & Stewart, Kay & Krass, Ines.. The Journal of asthma: official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma. 50.
Armour, C. L., Reddel, H. K., Lemay, K. S., Saini, B., Smith, L. D., Bosnic-Anticevich, S. Z.,... & Krass, I.. . Journal of Asthma, 50, 302-309.