Nadia Badawi
Nadia Badawi AM is a medical researcher and an expert on newborn encephalopathy and cerebral palsy. She is the Macquarie Foundation Chair of Cerebral Palsy at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute.[1]
Life
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 in Fiona Stanley's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth.[3] Under Stanley's supervision Badawi completed a research project for her Ph.D in newborn encephalopathy.[3]
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]
References
- ^ Sydney, The University of. "Professor Nadia Badawi - The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- ^ "Meet the woman who cares for the sickest newborns in Australia". Mamamia. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- ^ a b c "How Fiona Stanley AC mentored Nadia Badawi | Women's Agenda". Women's Agenda. 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
