Elizabeth Elliott AM FAHMS FRSN

Elizabeth Elliott AM FAHMS FRSN is a Distinguished Professor in Paediatrics at the University of Sydney; Consultant Paediatrician and Head of the NSW Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) assessment service at Westmead Children’s Hospital; and Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit for study of rare diseases. Her Medical Research Futures Fund Fellowship focuses on disadvantaged children including in remote Aboriginal communities, where she has worked for over a decade. She consulted to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Inquiry into Children on Immigration Detention; and the WHO on guidelines for alcohol use in pregnancy and the Burden of Birth Defects; and is UNICEF Australia's Advisor on child health. She leads a program on cerebral palsy research in Vietnam and is a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Gender Equity committee. Elizabeth is a Board Member for Royal Far West and the National Organisation for FASD; Chair of the Australian Government's FASD Advisory Committee, and a member of their Life Saving Drugs Program Expert Committee. She is a Fellow the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science and a member of Council; and a Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW (RSN) and recipient of the RSN James Cook Medal.