Fiona Stanley
Professor
Fiona Stanley
(born
August 1
,
1946
) is an
Australian
epidemiologist
noted
inter alia
for her work on
cerebral palsy
. Fiona Stanley was born in
Sydney
,
New South Wales
. In
1956
the Stanleys moved to
Western Australia
. She then went to St Hildas Girls School before studying Medicine at the
University of Western Australia
, graduating in
1970
. Her clinical experience in hospitals and at the
Aboriginal
Clinic in East Perth sparked an interest in epidemiology and
public health
. She spent six years in the
United States
and the
United Kingdom
researching these areas before returning to Perth to establish research programs at the University and within the health department. She is the founding Director of the
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
, in
Subiaco
, Western Australia. The Telethon Institute is a multi-disciplinary research facility that investigates the causes and prevention of major childhood diseases and disabilities. She was the subject of an Australian
stamp
in 2002 when a series of six stamps showing eminent medical Australian scientists was issued. She was Australian of the Year in 2003.
See also:
People on stamps
Reference
Biography of Professor Fiona Stanley
Stanley, Fiona Stanley, Fiona
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