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Lenore Hilda Manderson (born 21 June 1951) is an Australian medical anthropologist. She is Professor of
Medical Anthropology Medical anthropology studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation". It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. It is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and applied ...
in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts, at
Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...
, Australia.


Early life

Manderson was born in
Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung–Taungurung language, Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the St ...
. She graduated from the
Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
with a BA in Asian Studies (Hons) and then a PhD.


Career

Manderson was Professor of Tropical Health (
University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...
, 1988–1998). In recognition of her research, she was made a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Social Sciences The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) is an independent, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences. It has its origins in the Social Science Research Council of Austr ...
in 1995. In 1999 she became Professor of Women's Health (
University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...
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 The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...
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 The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 10,000 members, the association, based in Arlington, Virginia, includes archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, ...
, Medical Anthropology Students’ Association Mentor Award in 2007. Manderson's research concerns anthropology, social history and public health. She is a specialist in inequality, social exclusion and marginality, the social determinants of infectious and chronic disease, gender and sexuality, immigration, ethnicity and inequality, in Australia, Southeast and East Asia (including Malaysia, China, Thailand, the Philippines and Japan), South Africa and Ghana, and most recently in the Solomon Islands. In 2010 Manderson and fellow researcher Carolyn Smith-Morris edited the book ''Chronic Conditions, Fluid States: Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness'' She was the editor of the 2011 book ''Surface Tensions: Surgery, Bodily Boundaries and the Social Self'', as well as ''Technologies of Sexuality, Identity and Sexual Health'' in the same year. Manderson was chairperson of the Program Committee and a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Academy of Art and Science 2010–2011, In 2012 she co-edited the book ''Flows of Faith: Religious Reach and Community in Asia and the Pacific '' with Wendy Smith and Matt Tomlinson, and ''Reframing Disability and Quality of Life: A Global Perspective'' with Narelle Warren.


Honours

She was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia in 1995 and the
World Academy of Art and Science The World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), founded in 1960, is an international non-governmental scientific organization and global network of more than 800 scientists, artists, and scholars in more than 90 countries. It serves as a forum for s ...
in 2004. She is an Honorary Professor at
University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( o ...
, South Africa, and
Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen University ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น) or KKU (มข.) is a public research university, and it is one of the most prestigious universities in Thailand. The university was the first institution of highe ...
, Thailand. In 2014 she is a member of the steering committee for a project of the Academy of Science of Australia on population, equity, climate change and sustainability. She was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Stewardship on Research on Infectious Disease of Poverty (SAC-STE), WHO/TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) (2008-2011), and is a member of the TDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee from January 2012. She is Editor of the international journal ''Medical Anthropology'' (2010–present).


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manderson, Lenore 1951 births Living people Australian anthropologists Australian women anthropologists Academic staff of Monash University Australian National University alumni Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Members of the Order of Australia Brown University faculty