Museum reopening honours Bond medicine pioneer

The University’s David Weedon Pathology Museum has been officially reopened after a refurbishment.

Named in honour of internationally acclaimed pathologist and former Bond University academic, Professor David Weedon AO, the museum contains more than 300 biological specimens and over 700 digital images. It is a vital resource for the Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine staff, students and researchers.

Professor Weedon was instrumental in the establishment of Bond University’s medicine program in 2004 and taught at Bond in the program’s formative years.

He attained a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with first class honours at the University of Queensland in 1966.

After completing part of his residency training at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in the United States, he returned to UQ and became a leading authority on pathology, and specifically the histomorphology of skin diseases. His internationally acclaimed textbook Weedon’s Skin Pathology, first published in 1997, is still in use today. Professor Weedon is a past president of the Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1977 for his services to medicine, particularly education, pathology and dermatology. Alongside Bond University Vice Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford, and surrounded by family, friends and fellow academics, Professor Weedon was invited back to Bond to mark the reopening by cutting a ceremonial ribbon.

“I'd like to thank you most sincerely for the honour you have bestowed on me,” he said.

“I have always enjoyed the concept of teaching the next generation and I hope the museum will continue to fulfil a major role.

“I am deeply honoured, and I look forward to receiving the annual Bond update of its progress.”