Professor Fiona Stanley, AC FAA FASSA FAHMS
Founding Director & Patron, Telethon Kids Institute, a unique multidisciplinary independent research institute focussing on the causes and prevention of major problems affecting children and youth; Distinguished Research Professor, UWA; Hon Professorial Fellow, Uni Melb; UNICEF Ambassador for early childhood; Scientific Advisor Doctors for the Environment.
She trained overseas in Epidemiology and Maternal & Child Health, established population data sets in WA including registers of major childhood problems, championed record linkage, and pioneered First Nations leadership in research. She was instrumental in establishing the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, to lobby nationally for investing in children and families for a better society. For her research on behalf of Australia's children and Aboriginal social justice, she was named Australian of the Year in 2003.
