Sandra Eades
Sandra Eades | |
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| Born | Mount Barker, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Aboriginal |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, professor, researcher |
| Known for | 2006 NSW Woman of the Year |
Sandra Eades AO FASSA FAHMS FTSE (born 1967) is a Noongar physician, researcher and professor, and the first Aboriginal medical practitioner to be awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in 2003.[1] As of March 2020 she is Dean of Medicine at Curtin University.
Early life and education
[edit]Sandra Eades was born in Mount Barker, Western Australia and at the age of 12 moved to Perth with her family.[2] In primary school she wanted to be a doctor but thought she would not have that opportunity as an Aboriginal girl.[2] In 1985, at the age of 17, she arrived at University of Newcastle as one of four Aboriginal students selected for a special program to study medicine.[2] She graduated from the University of Western Australia with a PhD in 2003.[3]
Career
[edit]Eades worked in the public hospital system after graduating from medical school, and was a general practitioner with the Aboriginal Medical Service for seven years.[2] She began her career researching the epidemiology of Indigenous child health in Australia at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.[1] Her first research opportunity into causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Aboriginal infants in Western Australia, was introduced to her by 2003 Australian of the Year, Fiona Stanley.[2] She has been recognised for "identifying links between social factors such as housing and infant health".[4]
As Head of Indigenous Maternal and Child Health, and Associate Head of Preventative Health Research at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute,[1] Eades won a number of grants for research in Indigenous health studies.[5] She was senior research fellow at The Sax Institute in Sydney from 2004 to 2008,[2][6] and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney from 2012 to 2013.[7] Moving to Melbourne in mid-2008 she joined the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and in 2018 she became Associate Dean Indigenous at the University of Melbourne.[8]
Eades was appointed Dean of the Curtin Medical School in March 2020.[9]
Awards and honours
[edit]Eades's work in pediatric and perinatal epidemiology has improved the lives of Aboriginal women and children.[4]
- 2005: Deadly award for Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, which she dedicated to her three-year-old child.[10]
- 2006: NSW Woman of the Year.[2] Nominated by Frank Sartor, the Minister for Science and Medical Research.[4]
- 2014: Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS).[11]
- 2015: Inaugural winner, Lowitja Institute Cranlana Award[12]
- 2020: Elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA).[8]
- 2022: Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to medical research, to Indigenous health, and to professional organisations"[13]
- 2023: Elected Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE).[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Professor Sandra Eades". Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "NSW Women" (PDF). Office for Women. 5 August 2006. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ Eades, Sandra J (2003), Bibbulung Gnarneep (Solid Kid) : a longitudinal study of a population based cohort of urban Aboriginal children in Western Australia : determinants of health outcomes during early childhood of Aboriginal children residing in an urban area, retrieved 4 April 2022
- ^ a b c Davies, Anne; Cubb, Ben (9 March 2006). "Aboriginal doctor honoured for medical research". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Ellis, Tracey (October 2010). "e-news Volume 3". Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Sandra Eades (0000-0001-8629-3390)". ORCID. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "DR SANDRA EADES". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Academy Fellow: Professor Sandra Eades FASSA, FAHMS". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Sydoruk, Lauren (9 December 2019). "Curtin appoints Professor Sandra Eades to lead Curtin Medical School". Curtin University. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "A healthier tomorrow for our children". Issue 104. Deadly Vibe. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fellowship | AAHMS – Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences". www.aahms.org. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Cranlana Award (Lowitja Institute Research Leadership Award)". Lowitja Institute. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Office of the Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Sandra Eades AO FTSE FASSA FAHMS". Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian women medical doctors
- 21st-century Australian medical doctors
- Australian medical doctors
- Australian public health doctors
- Australian medical researchers
- Scientists from Western Australia
- University of Newcastle (Australia) alumni
- University of Newcastle School of Medicine alumni
- University of Western Australia alumni
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
- Australian general practitioners
- Australian paediatricians
- Women pediatricians
- Women epidemiologists
- Women public health doctors
- Noongar people