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| ⚫ | '''Nadia Badawi''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} is an Australian medical researcher and an expert on newborn [[encephalopathy]] and [[cerebral palsy]]. She is the Chair of Cerebral Palsy at the [[University of Sydney]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/nadia.badawi.php|title=Professor Nadia Badawi - The University of Sydney|last=The University of Sydney|website=sydney.edu.au|access-date=2018-08-07}}</ref> |
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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Badawi trained in [[Pediatrics|paediatrics]] and [[neonatology]] in |
Badawi grew up in Egypt and trained in [[Pediatrics|paediatrics]] and [[neonatology]] there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/australias-sickest-newborns/|title=Meet the woman who cares for the sickest newborns in Australia.|date=2017-03-26|work=Mamamia|access-date=2018-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref> She later moved to [[Dublin]], Ireland, and arrived in Australia in 1992 to work with [[Fiona Stanley]] at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://womensagenda.com.au/leadership/advice/how-fiona-stanley-ac-mentored-nadia-badawi/|title=How Fiona Stanley AC mentored Nadia Badawi {{!}} Women's Agenda|date=2012-08-28|work=Women's Agenda|access-date=2018-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref> Enrolling at the [[University of Western Australia]], and with Stanley as her supervisor, Badawi worked on a research project for her Ph.D, completing it in 1998. The research, into newborn encephalopathy, remains unique in the world.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.convocation.uwa.edu.au/order-of-australia-honours#ui-accordion-roll-header-3|title=Order of Australia Honours|last=The University of Western Australia|website=www.convocation.uwa.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2018-08-07}}</ref> A publication by the [[American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists|American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]] and the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] described her work as the "best available evidence" on neonatal encephalopathy.<ref name=":1" /> |
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In 1997, Badawi moved to Sydney and took up the position of head of the Grace Centre for Newborn Care at the [[Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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In 2009, [[Cerebral Palsy Alliance]] appointed Badawi as Australia's first Chair of Cerebral Palsy, at the [[University of Notre Dame Australia]], to supervise projects funded by the Research Foundation of Cerebral Palsy Alliance. In 2015 the position moved to the [[Sydney Medical School]] at the University of Sydney.<ref name=":2" /> |
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In 2015, Badawi co-established the International Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation in the USA. She is a significant contributor to the Australian Cerebral Palsy Register Group, a national register held by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Awards and honours == |
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In the [[2014 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2014 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Badawi was appointed to the [[Order of Australia]] for her service to paediatrics and neo-natal intensive care medicine as a clinician and researcher, and for her promotion of research into cerebral palsy.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://research.cerebralpalsy.org.au/our-work/our-researcher-program/research-staff/nadia-badawi/|title=Professor Nadia Badawi AM|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 05:57, 26 August 2024
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Nadia Badawi AM is an Australian medical researcher and an expert on newborn encephalopathy and cerebral palsy. She is the Chair of Cerebral Palsy at the University of Sydney.[1]
Life
[edit]Badawi grew up in Egypt and trained in paediatrics and neonatology there.[2] She later moved to Dublin, Ireland, and arrived in Australia in 1992 to work with Fiona Stanley at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth.[3] Enrolling at the University of Western Australia, and with Stanley as her supervisor, Badawi worked on a research project for her Ph.D, completing it in 1998. The research, into newborn encephalopathy, remains unique in the world.[1][3][4] A publication by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics described her work as the "best available evidence" on neonatal encephalopathy.[1]
In 1997, Badawi moved to Sydney and took up the position of head of the Grace Centre for Newborn Care at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children.[3]
In 2009, Cerebral Palsy Alliance appointed Badawi as Australia's first Chair of Cerebral Palsy, at the University of Notre Dame Australia, to supervise projects funded by the Research Foundation of Cerebral Palsy Alliance. In 2015 the position moved to the Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney.[5]
In 2015, Badawi co-established the International Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation in the USA. She is a significant contributor to the Australian Cerebral Palsy Register Group, a national register held by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute.[1]
Awards and honours
[edit]In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Badawi was appointed to the Order of Australia for her service to paediatrics and neo-natal intensive care medicine as a clinician and researcher, and for her promotion of research into cerebral palsy.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d The University of Sydney. "Professor Nadia Badawi - The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Meet the woman who cares for the sickest newborns in Australia". Mamamia. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "How Fiona Stanley AC mentored Nadia Badawi | Women's Agenda". Women's Agenda. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ The University of Western Australia. "Order of Australia Honours". www.convocation.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Professor Nadia Badawi AM". Retrieved 7 August 2018.
