| Professor Fiona Stanley - Biography |
 Professor Fiona Stanley was born in Sydney in 1946 and moved to Perth in 1956. She studied medicine at the University of Western Australia and practiced in hospitals for two years before going to the United Kingdom and USA for further training in epidemiology (the science of describing and explaining the occurrence of disease in populations), biostatistics and public health.She is the founding Director of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research since its establishment in 1990. The Institute is multi-disciplinary and researches prevention of major childhood illnesses. It currently has more than 350 employees and students. Professor Stanley is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, a national organisation that was formally constituted in June 2002 with an agenda to improve the health and well-being of young Australians. In 2003 Professor Stanley was Australian of the Year. She is married to Professor Geoffrey Shellam. They have two daughters. |
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