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Dr Jim Tibballs, Deputy Director of Intensive Care at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, was involved in venom research with Prof. Sutherland for many years. His research interests have included the cardiovascular effects of box jellyfish venom, brown snake procoagulants and most recently the clinical effects of the irukandji syndrome. This research was presented at the 6th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology in Paris, September 2000. He became an honorary senior associate of the Australian Venom Research Unit in 1997. In 1998, he completed his MD in toxinology, and he also has a masters degree in education. With Professor Struan Sutherland he co-authored the second edition of "Australian Animal Toxins” published in 2001.