Lenore Manderson
Lenore Hilda Manderson (born 21 June 1951) is an Australian medical anthropologist. She is Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts, at Monash University, Australia. Early life Manderson was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She graduated from the Australian National University with a BA in Asian Studies (Hons) and then a PhD. Career Manderson was Professor of Tropical Health (University of Queensland, 1988–1998). In recognition of her research, she was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences in 1995. In 1999 she became Professor of Women's Health (University of Melbourne and remained in this position until 2005. She was President of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society 2001–2003. She was awarded an inaugural Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship in 2001, and took this up at Melbourne and continued with this work at Monash university when she moved there in 2005. Manderson supervised to completion about 110 graduate students and mentored other trainees, research interns and colleagues in Australia and overseas; in recognition of this she was awarded the American Anthropological Association, Medical Anthropology Students’ Association Mentor