Position 
Senior Lecturer 

Qualifications
BSc PhD MEdAdmin (UNSW)

Background and discipline specialty
Dr Bohringer is a comparative and human anatomist whose specialty is neuroanatomy. Her area of interest is monotreme neurobiology. In part of this work she collaborated with the sensory neurophysiologist, Professor Mark Rowe (UNSW).

The main achievement of these studies was to map the cerebral cortex of the brain of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). See
Rowe, M.J., Mahns, D.A., Bohringer, R.C., Ashwell, K.W.S. & Sahai, V. (2003) Tactile neural mechanisms in monotremes. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology (PartA) 136:883-893.
Rowe, M. J. &. Bohringer, R.C. (1992). Functional organization of the cerebral cortex in monotremes. Platypus and Echidnas. M. L. Augee. Sydney, The Zoological Society of NSW pp177-193.
Bohringer, R.C. & Rowe, M.J. (1977) The organization of the sensory and motor areas of the cerebral cortex in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Journal of Comparative Neurology 174:1-14.

Teaching
Dr Bohringer has taught medical, science and health science students across all sub-disciplines of anatomy. Currently, she teaches neuroanatomy and embryology, including neurodevelopment to a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her special teaching interest is in the presentation of neuroscience to speech pathology and hearing science students.

Professional affiliations
During her academic career, Dr Bohringer has been an active member of a wide variety of professional associations: in several, holding elected committee positions (*). These include Australian Mammal Society*, Australasian and New Zealand Association of Medical Education, Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand*, Royal Zoological Society (NSW), Australian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators (later Association for Tertiary Education Management), Australian Birth Defects Society*, Australian Neurosciences Society, Higher Education Research and Development Society, Linnean Society (NSW).

Activities within the University and Higher Education Sector
Before joining the university, Dr Bohringer had been the Head, Division of Anatomy at the Cumberland College of Health Sciences for over 15 years. On joining The University of Sydney in 1989, Dr Bohringer has been a member of Academic Board and a member of the Board’s Policy Advisory Committee. She has served on selection and promotion committees and was also the Deputy Head, School of Biomedical Sciences (Cumberland).
In November, 2005 she was elected to the Senate of the University as an Academic Staff Fellow.  She has been a member of the Senate's Finance and Infrastructure Committee and Senate-Student Representative Council (SRC) Committee and is currently a member of the Senate/Student Associations Liaison Committee and the Chancellors’ nominee on the Student Disciplinary Appeals Committee.

In the 1980s Dr Bohringer completed a Master of Educational Administration, most subjects for which were undertaken in the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM). Responding to the industrial changes within the sector and using this training along with her organisational experience, Dr Bohringer became heavily involved in enterprise bargaining as a member of the successful National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Core Bargaining Team in the first two rounds of bargaining. Formerly a member of both unions (FAUSA and FCA) from which the NTEU was formed, she has been an elected union official at all levels of the NTEU, including a term representing NSW on the first National Executive and three terms as NSW Division President. Her work with the union has also included membership of the National Research and Education Policy Committees. She is the NTEU representative on the University’s Disability Consultative Committee and was appointed a foundation member of the national NTEU Training, Education and Development Advisory Board.

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Last update: 28th April 2009