Robyn Norton
{{short description|New Zealand health researcher}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Robyn Ngaire Norton
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|size=100}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| workplaces = University of New South Wales
Royal Free Hospital
National Institutes of Health
| alma_mater = University of Canterbury
University of Sydney
| thesis_title = Cirrhosis of the liver and alcohol consumption in women
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/220837337
| thesis_year = 1988
| doctoral_students = Shanthi Ameratunga
}}
{{Scholia}}
Robyn Ngaire Norton {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 23 November 1955){{cite book |title=Who's Who Australian Women |date=2021 |publisher=ConnectWeb}} is a New Zealand health researcher who is James Martin Fellow and Professor of Public Health at the University of New South Wales. Her research considers women and girls' health. She is the Founder of the George Institute for Global Health.
Early life and education
Norton is from Canterbury, New Zealand.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-11|title=Women's Health Policies Should Focus on NCDs|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/04/womens-health-policies-should-focus-on-ncds/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Inter Press Service}} She has said that she grew up in a family committed to equity and social justice. Her time in high school coincided with the rise of second-wave feminism, and Norton became interested in women's health. She remained in New Zealand for her undergraduate studies, earning a master's degree at the University of Canterbury. During her master's programme she evaluated the ergonomics of kitchen design in New Zealand.{{cite thesis |last=Norton |first=Robyn |year=1978 |type=Masters thesis |title=An ergonomic evaluation of kitchen design in New Zealand |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |hdl=10092/102748 |doi=10.26021/11882 |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/102748}} She moved to the University of Sydney for a master's of public health.{{Cite thesis|title=A comparison of mail, telephone and personal interview strategies in an Australian population|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215994522|date=1984|language=English|first=Robyn|last=Norton|oclc=215994522}} Norton remained at the University of Sydney for her doctoral research, where she studied cirrhosis of the liver in women.{{Cite thesis|title=Cirrhosis of the liver and alcohol consumption in women|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/220837337|date=1986|language=English|first=Robyn|last=Norton|oclc=220837337}} After completing her PhD research, Norton was a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Free Hospital and National Institutes of Health.{{Cite journal|last=Norton|first=Robyn|date=2016-06-01|title=Women's Health: A New Global Agenda|url= |journal=Women's Health|volume=12|issue=3|pages=271–273|language=en|doi=10.2217/whe-2016-0010|pmc=5384510|pmid=27189820}}
Research and career
Norton has focused her career to improving the health outcomes of women.{{Cite web|date=2019-09-11|title=Professor Robyn Norton named amongst Australia's top Women of Influence {{!}} Mirage News|url=https://www.miragenews.com/professor-robyn-norton-named-amongst-australia-s-top-women-of-influence/,%20https://www.miragenews.com/professor-robyn-norton-named-amongst-australia-s-top-women-of-influence|access-date=2020-12-23|website=www.miragenews.com|publisher=Mirage News|language=en-AU}} In 1999, she founded the George Institute for Global Health, a non-profit which she continues to lead as Director.{{Cite web|title=The George Institute For Global Health (UK) - Company Profile - Endole|url=https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/06561294-the-george-institute-for-global-health-uk|access-date=2020-12-23|website=suite.endole.co.uk}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Principal Director, The George Institute for Global Health|url=https://www.georgeinstitute.org/people/robyn-norton-ao|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The George Institute for Global Health|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Robyn Norton|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/robyn-norton/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=World Economic Forum|language=en}} The institute seeks to understand the global burden of disease in lower and middle-income countries, improve the expertise of such countries in handling an epidemic and to emphasise the importance of maternal and child health. In 2011 the George Institute for Global Health was one of the world's top ten research institutions.{{Cite web|title=Robyn Norton|url=https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/graduateschool/supervisors/robyn-norton|access-date=2020-12-23|website=www.medsci.ox.ac.uk|language=en}} The Institute works on non-communicable diseases, which are the leading cause of death for women worldwide.
Her research considers the causes, prevention and management of injuries.{{Cite web|title=Professor Robyn Norton|url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-robyn-norton/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Oxford Martin School|language=en}} In this capacity, she serves as Chair of the Road Traffic Injuries Research Network.{{Cite web|title=Robyn Norton {{!}} DCP3|url=http://dcp-3.org/author/robyn-norton-0|access-date=2020-12-23|website=dcp-3.org}}{{Cite web|title=Robyn Norton|url=http://rtirn.net/profile/robyn-norton/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network|language=en-US}}
Norton's notable students include Shanthi Ameratunga.{{cite thesis |last=Ameratunga |first=Shanthi |year=2005 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Disability following car crashes: an epidemiological investigation |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/3158 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/3158}}
Awards and honours
- 2016 Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences{{Cite web|title=The George Institute's new AAHMS fellows|url=https://www.georgeinstitute.org.au/news/the-george-institutes-new-aahms-fellows|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The George Institute for Global Health|language=en}}
- 2017 Officer of the Order of Australia{{Cite web|title=Queen's Birthday Honour for Professors Robyn Norton and Stephen…|url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/201706-nortonmacmahon/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Oxford Martin School|language=en}}
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
- 2019 The Australian Financial Review Australia’s Top Women of Influence
Selected publications
- {{Cite journal|last1=Campbell|first1=A J.|last2=Robertson|first2=M C.|last3=Gardner|first3=M. M|last4=Norton|first4=R. N|last5=Tilyard|first5=M. W|last6=Buchner|first6=D. M|date=1997-10-25|title=Randomised controlled trial of a general practice programme of home based exercise to prevent falls in elderly women|url= |journal=BMJ|volume=315|issue=7115|pages=1065–1069|doi=10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1065|pmid=9366737|issn=0959-8138|pmc=2127698}}
- {{cite journal |author=The RENAL Replacement Therapy Study Investigators |title=Intensity of Continuous Renal-Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |date=22 October 2009 |volume=361 |issue=17 |pages=1627–1638 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0902413 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0902413}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Connor|first1=Jennie|last2=Norton|first2=Robyn|last3=Ameratunga|first3=Shanthi|last4=Robinson|first4=Elizabeth|last5=Civil|first5=Ian|last6=Dunn|first6=Roger|last7=Bailey|first7=John|last8=Jackson|first8=Rod|date=2002-05-11|title=Driver sleepiness and risk of serious injury to car occupants: population based case control study|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=324|issue=7346|pages=1125|doi=10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1125|issn=0959-8138|pmid=12003884|pmc=107904|doi-access=free}}
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