Sandra Eades Sandra Eades i(A112149 works by)
Born: Established: Mount Barker, Mount Barker (WA) area, Albany - Denmark - Mount Barker area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Noongar / Nyoongar / Nyoongah / Nyungar / Nyungah / Noonygar
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BiographyHistory

Professor Sandra Eades is a medical epidemiologist (a branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations) with a special interest in paediatrics (children's health).

Professor Eades was Australia's first Aboriginal medical doctor to be awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy for her investigation of the health of Aboriginal women and children in the Perth area.

Professor Eades was a member of the Research Committee for the 2003-2005 NHMRC triennium and has co-chaired the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Working Committee. She has also been Conjoint Professor in the Faculty of Health at the University of Newcastle, and a Senior Research Fellow in Aboriginal Health at the Institute for Health Research, Sydney.

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Personal Awards

2022 recipient Order of Australia — Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) For distinguished service to medical research, to Indigenous health, and to professional organisations.
2005 winner Deadly Sounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community Awards
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