Robert Clancy (doctor)

Professor Robert Llewellyn Clancy AM is a leading Australian clinical immunologist and a pioneer in the field of mucosal immunology. He is known for his research and development of therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), commonly known as emphysema.

Professor Clancy and his team's groundbreaking research into Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease concentrated on the link between the gut and the lung, and was able to provide evidence that the best way to create immunity against infection in the respiratory tract was to stimulate the gut immune system, whereby these activated cells migrate to the lung and make antibodies against organisms responsible for the infection.

Professor Clancy developed the vaccine Broncostat at the University of Newcastle in 1985. The Broncostat vaccine reduces attacks of acute bronchitis to a degree of 90%.

Professor Clancy is Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle's School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy. He was previously Foundation Chair of Pathology at the University of Newcastle and earlier in his career, was the first Clinical Immunologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Professor Clancy holds a B.Sc.Med (Hons)and a MB.BS (Hons) from the University of Sydney, and a PhD from Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (FRCPA).

Professor Clancy was awarded an AM (Order of Australia) in 2005 for service to cartography as a collector of early maps of Australia, and to the field of immunology.

In addition to his published medical research and writing, Professor Clancy is the author of The Mapping of Terra Australis (1995) and co-author of Maps that shaped Australia',' and So came they South. Personal Life Robert Clancy had 2 children (Sarah and James)they gave birth to 5 grand children(Hugo Louis Charlotte Samantha and Bella). His hobbies include history watching cricket and rugby and playing tennis.