Sally Lewers Dunwoodie AO FAHMS is an Australian scientist, specialising in genetic birth defects. [1]
Dunwoodie became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2024 "For distinguished service to medical research as an embryologist and geneticist, particularly in the field of fetal and neonatal heart disease". [2]
Early life
Dunwoodie attended Queenwood School for Girls in Sydney, Australia, graduating in 1981. [3] She studied a Bachelor of Science with Honours at the University of Sydney. [4] She graduated with a PhD from the Children's Medical Research Institute. [4]
Scientific career
Dunwoodie completed postdoctoral training at the National Institute for Medical Research before starting work at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in 2000. [5] In 2022, Dunwoodie became the Deputy Director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. [4]
Awards
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, 2019- [6]
- Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Scientific Research (2018) [7]
- NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Medical Biological Sciences (2017) [7]
- Australian Financial Review Women of Influence (2015) [8] [1]
Personal life
Dunwoodie has two children. [2]
References
- ^ a b Stewart, Claire (16 July 2015). "Women of influence: How embryologist Sally Dunwoodie wins by 'striving to fail'". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Order of Australia awarded to Institute's Prof Sally Dunwoodie - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute". The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Queenwood - Professor Sally Dunwoodie". Queenwood School. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Professor Sally Dunwoodie - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute". The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "External Speaker - Professor Sally Dunwoodie". Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Professor Sally Dunwoodie - AAHMS". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Order of Australia awarded to Institute's Prof Sally Dunwoodie - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute". The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Prof. Sally Dunwoodie - AFR Women of Influence". Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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