Occupation Scientist, educator | Name Charlotte Anderson | |
Full Name Charlotte Morrison Anderson Born 20 March 1915 ( 1915-03-20 ) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Died 15 April 2002(2002-04-15) (aged 87)
Toorak, Victoria, Australia Education University of Melbourne, BSc, MSc, MD Title Professor of pediatrics and Member of the Order of Australia | ||
Charlotte Anderson, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
Charlotte Morrison Anderson AM (20 March 1915 – 15 April 2002) was an Australian professor of paediatrics and children's health.
Anderson was an international pioneer in the field of paediatric gastroenterology, working on health problems including cystic fibrosis and coeliac disease. She studied the role of gluten in coeliac disease and worked to develop gluten-free diets.
Anderson was the first woman professor of paediatrics in the United Kingdom. She was appointed Leonard Parsons Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1968 and remained there until 1980, when she returned to Melbourne, her place of birth. In 1997, Anderson was named a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for her service to medicine.