Elizabeth Elliott (paediatrician)

{{Infobox academic|

| honorific_prefix = Professor

| name = Elizabeth Elliott

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AM|FAHMS|FRSN}}

| education = Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Doctorate of Medicine (MD) at University of Sydney.

Fellow
1993, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1996, Royal College of Physicians.

Women's College within the University of Sydney.

SCEGGS Darlinghurst.

| workplaces = University of Sydney
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Westmead, NSW

}}

Elizabeth Jane Elliott is an Australian clinician scientist. She is a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for services to paediatrics and child health, as well as an Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (AAHMS),{{Cite web|url=https://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/news/articles/2018/01/professor-elizabeth-elliott-awarded-next-gen-fellowship|title=Professor Elizabeth Elliott awarded Next Gen Fellowship|date=2018-01-18|website=Sydney Children's Hospitals Network|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}} Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW, and Fellow of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Health. She was the first female to win the James Cook Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of NSW for contributions to human welfare.{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/news-and-events/2018/12/20/first-female-to-win-prestigious-award.html|title=First female to win prestigious award|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}} She is a Distinguished Professor of paediatrics at the University of Sydney and a Consultant Paediatrician at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Westmead, and regarded as a "pioneer in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, advocacy and patient care".{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/05/25/professor-elizabeth-elliott-am-wins-ama-excellence-in-healthcare.html|title=Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM wins AMA Excellence in Healthcare Award|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://alcoholpregnancy.telethonkids.org.au/publications/|title=Alcohol, Pregnancy & FASD Publications - Alcohol, Pregnancy & FASD|website=alcoholpregnancy.telethonkids.org.au|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fasdhub.org.au/fasd-information/about-us/contact-us/diagnosing-fasd/|title=Diagnosing FASD - video transcript - FASD Hub|website=www.fasdhub.org.au|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://fare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/FARE-FASD-Plan.pdf|title=FARE plan|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314162836/http://fare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/FARE-FASD-Plan.pdf |archive-date=14 March 2019 |access-date=}}

Elliott is the Founder and Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, which conducts research on rare childhood diseases.{{Cite web|url=http://www.apsu.org.au/about/staff/|title=Current Staff » Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit|website=www.apsu.org.au|access-date=2019-09-10}} She has a national and international reputation in research, has held two prestigious Practitioner Fellowships from the NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia){{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/elizabeth-elliott-14012|title=Elizabeth Elliott|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}} and currently holds a Medical Research Futures Fund Next Generation Fellowship.

Early life

Elliott was raised in a family of medical practitioners, with a mother who worked with disabled children and a father who was an obstetrician and gynaecologist. Her maternal grandfather was an ANZAC who landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and set up resources for mobile medical clinics. Her paternal grandfather delivered Australia's first surviving quadruplets in Bellingen NSW. She worked in her first paediatric job at Blacktown Hospital and then worked in the UK in the 1980s.{{cite journal |last1=Kirby |first1=Tony |title=Elizabeth Elliott: champion of child health in Australia |journal=The Lancet |date=May 2012 |volume=379 |issue=9827 |pages=1695 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60706-5 |pmid=22559886 |s2cid=43297342 |doi-access=free }} Elliott went to SCEGGS Darlinghurst for her high school education and the Women's College within the University of Sydney, where she was the Senior Student. She obtained her MBBS, MPhil in Public Health and a research Doctorate in medicine from University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK (FRCPCH); the Royal College of Physicians, London (FRCP); and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).

Career

She has worked in paediatric health, as well as fetal alcohol syndrome.{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgeinstitute.org/news/professor-elizabeth-elliott-am-recognised-for-shaping-the-future-of-australia|title=Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM recognised for shaping the future of Australia|last=Institute|first=George|date=2012-10-29|website=The George Institute for Global Health|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://insightplus.mja.com.au/preference/administration-health-services/page/12/|title=Administration and Health Services Archives - Page 12 of 127|website=InsightPlus|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}} In addition, Elliott visited Christmas Island with a team of medical professionals to determine the health of children, who were asylum seekers and refugees in detention.{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylum-seekers-and-refugees/national-inquiry-children-immigration-detention-2014|title=National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014 {{!}} Australian Human Rights Commission|website=www.humanrights.gov.au|access-date=2019-09-10}} Invited by Professor Gillian Triggs, the team interviewed over 200 children, including unaccompanied minors,{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/elliott-forgotten-children-i-was-shocked-by-what-i-saw/6092912|title=Forgotten children: I was shocked by what I saw|last=Elliott|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-02-13|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}} and reported on their physical and mental health, including the presence of respiratory viruses, and instances of self-harm among parents and children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-01/elliott-children-in-detention:-beyond-health-and-hope/5641102|title=Children in detention: beyond health and hope|last=Elliott|first=Elizabeth|date=2014-08-01|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}} This led to her publishing her findings for the Australian Human Rights Commission{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/news/new-report-experts-reveal-alarming-impact-detention-children|title=New report: experts reveal alarming impact of detention on children {{!}} Australian Human Rights Commission|website=www.humanrights.gov.au|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylum-seekers-and-refugees/national-inquiry-children-immigration-detention-2014|title=National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014 {{!}} Australian Human Rights Commission|website=www.humanrights.gov.au|access-date=2019-09-10}} on the “health and well-being of children in immigration detention”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylum-seekers-and-refugees/publications/health-and-well-being-children-immigration|title=The health and well-being of children in immigration detention {{!}} Australian Human Rights Commission|website=www.humanrights.gov.au|access-date=2019-09-10}}

She has worked on the health of indigenous populations in Western Australia, and Asia. She also is part of a team travelling to Vietnam to improve health outcomes, with a combination of research and clinical work.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/Events/congress-2018-presentations/racp-tues-18-elizabeth-elliot.pdf?sfvrsn=2|title=RACP Congress 2018|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409185734/https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/Events/congress-2018-presentations/racp-tues-18-elizabeth-elliot.pdf?sfvrsn=2 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgeinstitute.org/news/professor-elizabeth-elliott-am-recognised-for-shaping-the-future-of-australia|title=Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM recognised for shaping the future of Australia|last=Institute|first=George|date=2012-10-29|website=The George Institute for Global Health|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}} Elliott reported "the combination of research and clinical work keeps me grounded – nothing is more rewarding than seeing a severely ill child recover".

Awards, honours and recognition

2018 – AMA Excellence in Healthcare award.{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/05/25/professor-elizabeth-elliott-am-wins-ama-excellence-in-healthcare.html|title=Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM wins AMA Excellence in Healthcare Award|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}}
2018 – First women to win the James Cook Medal awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales.{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/news-and-events/2018/12/20/first-female-to-win-prestigious-award.html|title=First female to win prestigious award|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}}
2016 – Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS).
2011 – John Sands College Medal from Royal Australasian College of Physicians.{{Cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=1&newsstoryid=7071|title=News {{!}} The University of Sydney|website=sydney.edu.au|access-date=2019-09-10}}
2013 – 100 Women of Influence, Australian Financial Review and Westpac.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instituteforcreativehealth.org.au/about-us/who-we-are/professor-elizabeth-elliott-am|title=Institute for Creative Health|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgeinstitute.org.au/news/computer-|title=News|website=The George Institute for Global Health|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}
2008 – Howard Williams Medal and Oration.{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/05/25/professor-elizabeth-elliott-am-wins-ama-excellence-in-healthcare.html|title=Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM wins AMA Excellence in Healthcare Award|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}}
2008 – Member of the Order of Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.apsu.org.au/about/staff/|title=Current Staff » Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit|website=www.apsu.org.au|access-date=2019-09-10}}

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Category:Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales

Category:People educated at Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School