events was to encourage collaboration and communication between researchers in the field. In 1985, Woolcock founded the Institute of Respiratory Medicine, based at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. In 2002, the institute was renamed Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in memory of her, following her death in 2001. Personal life In 1968, Woolcock married Ruthven Blackburn (1913–2016), a professor of medicine at the University of Sydney, later emeritus professor Blackburn AC. The couple raised two sons, Simon and Angus. She died on 17 February 2001 in Sydney. Awards and honours Officer of the Order of Australia in 1992 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 1992 Corresponding Member of the Académie de Médicine Française in 1993 Society Medal of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 1998 Distinguished Achievement Award of the American Thoracic Society, 1998 European Respiratory Society Presidential Award 2000 for Enhancing the Profile of Respiratory Medicine Worldwide Honorary Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Ferrara, Italy 2001 References 1937 births 2001 deaths Australian medical researchers People from Adelaide Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Australian women medical doctors Australian medical doctors Australian pulmonologists Australian women scientists 20th-century women scientists Officers of the Order of Australia