Cindy Anne-Maree Shannon AM is an Australian academic best known for her work in the field of Indigenous health.[1]
Education
editCindy Shannon attended Lourdes Hill College[2] in Brisbane, Queensland before taking her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland, graduating in 1986. She studied a Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Southern Queensland in 1987. She took a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern Queensland in 1993 and a Doctor of Social Science, Political Science and Government from the University of Queensland in 2004.[3]
Career
editShannon was appointed as pro-vice-chancellor (Indigenous engagement) of the University of Queensland in 2011.[4] Shannon has also been the director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies unit at the university and is a director of the university's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health.[1][5]
Shannon was appointed to the council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Studies in 2015.[6]
She is a member of the National Health and Medical Research Council, chairing its Indigenous Advisory Committee from 2005 until 2012.[1] Shannon has also chaired the Queensland Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, sexual health and hepatitis. Shannon also chairs the Board of Advice at the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation.[7]
Shannon is a Ngugi woman and a descendant of the Quandamooka people.[1]
For her advocacy of Indigenous health and for her contribution to developing and implementing Indigenous health policy, Shannon was named as a Queensland Great in 2017.[8]
In the 2020 Australia Day Honours Shannon was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to Indigenous health, and to medical education".[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Bio: Prof Cindy Shannon, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Studies website. Accessed 2 May 2018.
- ^ ":: News & Events :: Lourdes Hill College ::". www.lhc.qld.edu.au. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Cindy Shannon - LinkedIn biography". 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ (30 March 2011) Shannon to lead UQ indigenous unit, The Australian, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ (7 June 2017) Ground-breaking UQ professors honoured as Queensland Greats, University of Queensland website. Accessed 2 May 2018.
- ^ (9 March 2015) UQ PVC appointed to AIATSIS board, University of Queensland website. Accessed 2 May 2018.
- ^ Board Members: Emeritus Professor Cindy Shannon, Board of Advice Chair, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation. Accessed 2 May 2018.
- ^ Queensland Greats Awards: 2017 Recipients - Emeritus Professor Cindy Shannon FQA, Queensland Government website. Accessed 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Emeritus Professor Cindy Shannon". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.