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Associate Professor Anthony Peter Lowe (born 16 March 1962) is a British-Australian mathematical physicist and actuary. He is Chief Executive Officer at Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia〔Annual Report 2011–2012. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia 2012〕 and a frequent media commentator on prostate cancer and prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing.〔Jill Margo. Blue is the New Pink. Australian Financial Review 4 August 2011 ()〕〔Julia Rowbotham. Men urged to persist with disputed prostate test. Sydney Morning Herald 8 October 2011. ()〕〔Interview with Dr John D'Arcy. Prostate Cancer – surgery is not always the answer. 5 August 2012 ()〕〔Anthony Lowe. Getting to the Bottom of the Great PSA Controversy. The Punch 26 November 2012. ()〕〔Ron Hughes. Talking about prostate cancer. Gay News Network 18 April 2013 ()〕〔Interview with Tony Eastley and Tom Nightingale. More prostate cancers, but survival rates increasing. AM 14 November 2013 ()〕〔Jill Margo. The Prostate Cancer Conundrum. Australian Financial Review 15 November 2013 ()〕〔Men die earlier but women's health gets four times more funding. news.com.au 4 January 2014 ()〕〔Public Seminar on Prostate Cancer - A/Prof Anthony Lowe and A/Prof Ganesh Raj. Freemasons Centre for Men's Health, The University of Adelaide 17 February 2014 ()〕〔Jill Margo. Prostate choice clearer. Australian Financial Review 5 March 2014 ()〕〔Jane Cadzow. Cancer Wars. Sydney Morning Herald 8 March 2014 ()〕 His current research interests are community attitudes towards prostate cancer and cancer survivorship, particularly the psychosocial and economic aspects of survivorship. == Life and career == Dr Lowe was born in Malta and educated at The Perse School Cambridge. He studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1983 and completing his Master of Mathematics (Part III of the Mathematical Tripos) in 1984. He was elected a Scholar of Robinson College, Cambridge in July 1983. In 1984 Dr Lowe moved to the University of Southampton where he completed his Doctor of Philosophy in theoretical physics.〔Lowe, A. Lattice Gauge-Higgs Theories (PhD Thesis). University of Southampton 1987〕 After completing his PhD Dr Lowe joined consulting actuaries R Watson & Sons (now part of Towers Watson) and trained as an actuary. He was made a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1990 and was appointed a Partner of R Watson & Sons in 1991. In 1994 Dr Lowe moved to Sydney, Australia. Shortly after moving to Sydney he joined AMP Limited’s superannuation consulting business as Investment Consulting Practice Leader. Whilst at AMP Dr Lowe led an AusAID funded project advising the Kingdom of Tonga on reform of their Civil Service Pension Scheme. He was subsequently appointed Program Director of a business change program in partnership with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) to reengineer AMP's corporate superannuation administration platform (people, processes and technology). In 1998 Dr Lowe joined Mercer where he held a variety of senior executive roles. He was appointed a Worldwide Partner in 1998 and Executive Director of Mercer's Australian business in 2001. From 2002 to 2004 Dr Lowe was seconded to Mercer’s US business as US Benefits Administration Practice Leader based in Princeton, New Jersey. Dr Lowe’s ultimate role at Mercer was Asia-Pacific Business Group Leader, Mercer Wealth Solutions with responsibility for Mercer's benefits administration businesses in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, including the Mercer Super Trust and Mercer Portfolio Service.〔Barrie Dunstan. Super trust goes shopping. Australian Financial Review 8 February 2005〕 In 1999 Dr Lowe was made a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. He has been a member of the Leadership & Career Development and Public Policy Council Committees of Actuaries Institute (Institute of Actuaries of Australia) since 2011 and 2014 respectively. In 2007 Dr Lowe decided to move to the non-profit sector and was appointed Chief Operating Officer at the National Breast Cancer Foundation.〔Candice Sng. Rebel with a Cause. Actuaries Magazine. Actuaries Institute August 2012 ()〕 Whilst at the National Breast Cancer Foundation he led the design and implementation of the integrated website and customer relationship management systems for the Pink Ribbon Breakfast campaign〔Beverley Head. Pink Ribbon connections all tied up. Sydney Morning Herald 9 September 2008 ()〕 and Register4,〔Chloe Herrick. Breast Cancer Foundation deploys CRM for Register4 initiative. Computerworld 3 November 2010 ()〕〔(register4.org.au )〕 Australia's first online community for volunteer breast cancer research participants. In March 2011 Dr Lowe was appointed Chief Executive Officer at Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.〔Media Release PCFA appoints new CEO - Dr Anthony Lowe. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia 28 March 2011〕 In this role he has pursued an agenda of ensuring its activities and programs are based on the latest available scientific and medical evidence. Under his leadership, and in partnership with Cancer Council Australia, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia is developing national clinical practice guidelines on PSA testing and early management of test-detected prostate cancer with the aim of building consensus around PSA testing and bringing order to Australia’s de facto unorganised prostate cancer screening program.〔Annual Report 2012–2013. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia 2013〕 The draft guidelines were published for public consultation on 4 December 2014.〔Jill Margo. Doctors call for end to digital prostate check. Australian Financial Review 4 December 2014 ()〕 Dr Lowe has championed prostate cancer survivorship research in partnership with Griffith University, particularly the development of ProsCare,〔Chambers, S., Dunn, J., Lazenby, M., Clutton, S., Newton, U., Cormie, P., Lowe, A., Sandoe, D., Gardiner, R. ProsCare: A Psychological Care Model for Men with Prostate Cancer. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia 2013. ISBN 9780-9923508-3-3〕 a psychological care model for men with prostate cancer and research into the financial implications of treatment for prostate cancer.〔Gordon LG, Reinking S, Mervin C. The Financial Impact of Prostate Cancer in Australia. Final Report August 2013. Centre for Applied Health Economics, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University. Meadowbrook Queensland.〕 He has also championed the development of resources and peer support groups to meet the particular needs of gay and bisexual men〔Jill Margo. Putting prostate problems in non-heterosexual men on the agenda. Australian Financial Review 3 July 2013 ()〕〔New resources for gay and bisexual men to fill gap in prostate cancer support. Star Online 13 August 2014 ()〕 and men from culturally and linguistically diverse communities〔Jill Margo. Ethnic communities vague on prostate risks. Australian Financial Review 10 September 2014 ()〕 with prostate cancer. Dr Lowe is the nephew of biologist and ichthyologist Rosemary Lowe-McConnell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Lowe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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