Ogilvie, Bridget (1938-…), is an Australian immunologist, a scientist who studies the body’s defenses against disease . Ogilvie has made contributions to the study of the immune system response to intestinal parasites . She has also contributed to public health as an administrator.
Bridget Margaret Ogilvie was born on March 24, 1938, in Glen Innes, New South Wales, north of Sydney. She studied science at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, and the University of New England, in Armidale, New South Wales, where she graduated in 1960. Ogilvie earned a scholarship to the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where she received a Ph.D. degree in 1964. In 1963, Ogilvie began conducting research on parasites at the National Institute for Medical Research in London.
In 1980, Ogilvie joined the Wellcome Trust , a foundation that supports biomedical research. She served as the foundation’s director from 1986 until her retirement in 1998. During this period, the foundation made important contributions to the Human Genome Project , an international scientific effort to analyze the chemical instructions that control heredity in human beings.
Ogilvie continues to serve on the advisory boards of several biomedical companies, scientific organizations, and charities. In 2007, she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for her many contributions to biomedical research.
