Deidre Karen Anderson (born 22 May 1957)''Who's Who in Australia'', ConnectWeb. is an Australian academic administrator, sports executive, sports transitions specialist and coach. Until May 2017 she was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students and Registrar) at

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. She is co-founder and Director of the Performance and Transition Institute (PTI) and consults regularly on performance and wellbeing of athletes around the world.

Sports

Anderson is known for advising elite athletes, including

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and swimmer

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on his decisions to stop competing in 2006 and his subsequent brief comeback in 2011. She received a Services to Sport award in 2008 from Australian University Sports. She has worked with the

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and

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. She is a Director of Ausrapid. She succeeded Janice Crosswhite as President of the Australian Womensport and Recreation Association from March 2014 until October 2015. Appointed independent Director to the Rugby League Players Association in 2016.

University career

Anderson earned her Ph.D.in 2017 graduating from Macquarie University in Sydney. She also obtained a BA (1989) and master's degree (1999) from the

Victoria University of Technology Victoria University (VU or Vic Uni) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is one of only six dual-sector universities in Australia, providing courses in both higher education and Technical and Further Educat ...

, who awarded her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014. She joined Macquarie University as chief executive of sport and recreation in 2003. In 2007 she became CEO of Macquarie's

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, and in August 2011 became a Deputy Vice-Chancellor. She was involved in legal action against the Macquarie University Postgraduate Representatives Association. Anderson was appointed a Member of the

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(AM) in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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Deidre Anderson on Threat and Risk assessments
IIR Interview, April 2011 1957 births Living people Australian sports coaches Members of the Order of Australia Macquarie University people Victoria University, Melbourne alumni Sports psychologists {{australia-sport-bio-stub