Professor John McBride

Professor John McBride moved to Cairns in 1997 and was an Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist in both the public and private sector.

He retired as Professor and head of James Cook University’s Cairns Clinical School at the end of 2022. John had major interests in medical research and was funded by both commercial and public bodies.

He continues this interest as a volunteer reviewer of scientific publications and as the Chair of the Research and Education committee for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation.