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Stanley in
Melbourne
, April 2017
Fiona Juliet Stanley
AC
(born 1 August 1946) is an
Australian
epidemiologist
. She is known for her
public health
work, her research into the
health
of
mothers
and
children
, and
birth disorders
such as
cerebral palsy
. In 1990, she was the founding
director
of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. Now called "Telethon Kids Institute", the institute helped show that
folic acid
before and during
pregnancy
can stop
spina bifida
in
babies
. She is a
professor
at the School of
Paediatrics
and Child Health at the
University of Western Australia
. She is also and the
UNICEF
Australian Ambassador for Early
Childhood
Development. She was named
Australian of the Year
in 2003.
[1]
Stanley was born in
Little Bay
,
Sydney
,
New South Wales
. Her family moved to
Perth
,
Western Australia
in 1956. She is married to Geoffrey Shellam. The couple have two daughters.