Ian Reay Mackay

Ian Mackay was an Australian immunologist. He is noted for his work on autoimmune diseases and is considered to have made major contributions to this field. Mackay was a professor at Monash University and wrote a new edition of his textbook on autoimmune disease. His book Intolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity won the General History Prize, New [South Wales Premier's History Awards] 2015.
Mackay was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 [Australia Day Honours] for service to medical research. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1991.