Professor James Angus is a Biomedical Pharmacologist. Professor Angus was Dean of The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne from 2003 to 2013, a period of major growth and development of the Parkville health and biomedical research precinct. He has been President of the Academic Board and a member of Council of the University. He is currently President of The Stroke Foundation, Chair of The Campus Council at the Melbourne Children’s Campus (the pediatric teaching hospital and research institute integrating The Royal Children’s Hospital, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and The University of Melbourne), Chair of the Australian Advisory Board on The Medicinal Use of Cannabis, a Director of The Jack Brockhoff Foundation, and Chair of the Advisory Board for Melbourne University Sport. Professor Angus was appointed to the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia board on 12 August 2019 and also serves as a member of the Science and Ethics Committee.