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Louise Baur AM FAHMS is an Australian paediatrician with a research interest in childhood obesity. [1] [2] In 2015 she was appointed professor and head of paediatrics and child health (subsequently renamed Child and Adolescent Health) at the University of Sydney, and head of The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School. [3]

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Early life

Baur was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia where her father worked as a forester. Her family moved to Sydney and she went to school at Beecroft Public School and Cheltenham Girls High School. [4] Baur completed her education at the University of Sydney, obtaining her BSc(Med) in 1979, her MBBS(Hons) in 1981 and her PhD in 1992. [5]

Career

Baur trained as a general paediatrician, largely at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. She became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 1988. [6] Her PhD studies (1989–1992) were undertaken at the hospital with Kevin Gaskin and Martin Silink. In 1994, Baur took up an appointment as senior lecturer in the then Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney. She was promoted to professor in 2004.

Baur has held a position as consultant paediatrician at what is now The Children's Hospital at Westmead, in Sydney, since 1994. She established the first multidisciplinary paediatric obesity Weight Management Service in Australasia, incorporating multidisciplinary clinics, individual therapist consultations, group programs, and a health professional training program. [7] She was head of service from 2009 to 2014 and has made a significant contribution to research in paediatric obesity. [8]

Baur was made a Member of the Order of Australia [9] (AM) in 2010 "for service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatric obesity as a researcher and academic, and to the community through support for a range of children's charities". [10] In 2014 Baur became a Founding Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. [11] She is a member of the academy's council. [12] Baur was a director of World Vision Australia from 2007 to 2016 [13] and has been a member of the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network Governing Board since 2010. [14] Baur was founding editor-in-chief of the journal Pediatric Obesity from 2005 to 2010 and remains an associate editor. [15] In 2022 she became a Board member of the Menzies School of Health Research [16] and President of the World Obesity Federation. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "World Obesity Federation | Louise Baur". www.worldobesity.org. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Louise Baur". The Conversation. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Baur, Louise. "Louise Alison Baur". The University of Sydney.
  4. ↑ Baur, Louise. "Beecroft-Cheltenham History Group". Beecroft-Cheltenham History Group.
  5. ↑ Baur, Louise Alison (1992), Body composition and nutritional assessment in children with chronic disease , retrieved 26 November 2023
  6. ↑ "Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency – Register of practitioners" . Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Weight Management at The Children's Hospital at Westmead".
  8. ↑ "Louise Baur – Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Order of Australia".
  10. ↑ "Queens Birthday Honours List" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Professor Louise Baur". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "FAAHMS" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Our Board | World Vision Australia". www.worldvision.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "SCHN Board" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "Pediatric Obesity – Editorial Board – Wiley Online Library". doi:10.1111/(ISSN)2047-6310.
  16. ↑ "Professor Louise Baur AM, FAHMS". Menzies School of Health Research. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  17. ↑ "Board of Trustees". World Obesity Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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