Lorraine Dennerstein

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Professor Lorraine Dennerstein
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
Alma mater University of Melbourne,

Monash University,

Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists
Scientific career
FieldsWomen's mental and sexual health
Website http://www.lorrainedennerstein.com.au/

Lorraine Dennerstein M.B.B.S., Ph.D., D.P.M., M.R.A.N.Z.C.P., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., HonDMedSc (born 1947) is a leading Australian researcher and practicing psychiatrist specialising in women's mental and sexual health.

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Education

Dennerstein received an M.B.B.S. from the University of Melbourne in 1970. [1] She was awarded a Ph.D. from the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Monash University in 1979 for her study of the effects of the contraceptive pill on libido in women. Subsequently, she qualified as a psychiatrist in 1980, obtained a Diploma in Psychological Medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1981 and became a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1983. [2]

Work

Dennerstein is a legally qualified medical practitioner registered by the Medical Board of Australia. She is a psychiatrist and specifically focuses on women's mental health and psychosexual dysfunction. She holds current positions as professor emeritus for the department of psychiatry at The University of Melbourne and as the founding director of Platinum Medico-Legal Services. [3]

She has spent the last 30 years researching the relationship of ovarian steroids to mood and sexual functioning. Her contributions to medical research and women's sexual health resulted in her being made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1994. [4] In 1990, she initiated the Melbourne Women's Midlife Health Project, now known as Women's Healthy Ageing Project which is the longest ongoing study of women’s health in Australia. [5] [6] She founded and directed the first academic centre for teaching and research in women's health and has established postgraduate courses in women's health, which were employed at the University of Melbourne and at international institutions. In 1997, she founded the Office for Gender and Health. [7] She was awarded a personal chair at the University of Melbourne in recognition of her international contribution to teaching and research in women's health. [8]

Dennerstein has held numerous elected and honorary positions both internationally and within Australia. She has held 23 international positions, including the president of International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and had also been a consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat (London), the World Health Organization, the Global Commission on Women's Health (WHO) and the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO. Additionally, she has also held 33 positions within Australia. Dennerstein has been a member of many editorial boards and holds a current position as review editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine . [8]

Personal life

Dennerstein lives in Melbourne, Australia.

She is divorced. [9]

She has three grandchildren.

Awards and honours

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References

  1. ↑ "The Good Woman Doctor". The Age. 5 December 2004. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Psychiatric Services and Locations". Lorraine Dennerstein. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lorraine Dennerstein". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Unimelb Lorraine Dennerstein".[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Szoeke, Cassandra; Coulson, Melissa; Campbell, Stephen; Dennerstein, Lorraine (4 October 2016). "Cohort profile: Women's Healthy Ageing Project (WHAP) – a longitudinal prospective study of Australian women since 1990". Women's Midlife Health. 2: 5. doi: 10.1186/s40695-016-0018-y . ISSN   2054-2690. PMC   6300017 . PMID   30766701.
  6. ↑ "'I would watch every episode': charting the 30-year study into Australian women's ageing". the Guardian. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dennerstein, Lorraine, (AO) (1947-)". Archived from the original on 28 November 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Teaching & Research | Professor Lorraine Dennerstein". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "The Good Woman Doctor". 5 December 2004. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014.
  10. 1 2 Fioritti, Nathan (22 November 2016). "Professor Lorraine Dennerstein AO". Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Associate Professor Lorraine Dennerstein". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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