Residence Melbourne, Australia Citizenship Australian | Name Lorraine Dennerstein | |
Born 5 August 1947 (age 76)
Australia ( 1947-08-05 ) Fields Women's mental and sexual health Alma mater University of Melbourne,
Monash University,
Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists | ||
Professor Lorraine Dennerstein M.B.B.S, Ph.D, D.P.M, M.R.A.N.Z.C.P, F.R.A.N.Z.C.P, HonDMedSc (born August 5, 1947) is a leading Australian researcher and practicing psychiatrist specialising in women's mental and sexual health.
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Education
Lorraine Dennerstein received an M.B.B.S. from the University of Melbourne in 1970. She was awarded a Ph.D from the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University in 1979 for her study of the effects of the contraceptive pill on libido in women. Subsequently, she qualified as a psychiatrist in 1980, obtained a Diploma in Psychological Medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1981 and became a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1983.
Work
Dennerstein is a legally qualified medical practitioner registered by the Medical Board of Australia. She is a psychiatrist and specifically focuses on women’s mental health and psychosexual dysfunction. She holds current positions as Professor Emeritus for the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Melbourne and as the Founding Director of Platinum Medico-Legal Services.
She has spent the last 30 years researching the relationship of ovarian steroids to mood and sexual functioning. Her contributions to medical research and women's sexual health resulted in her being awarded the Order of Australia in 1994. She founded and directed the first academic centre for teaching and research in women's health and has established postgraduate courses in women’s health, which were employed at the University of Melbourne and at international institutions. In 1997, she founded the Office for Gender and Health. She was awarded a Personal Chair at The University of Melbourne in recognition of her international contribution to teaching and research in women's health.
Dennerstein has held numerous elected and honorary positions both internationally and within Australia. She has held 23 international positions including the President of International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and had also been a consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat (London), the World Health Organisation, the Global Commission on Women's Health (WHO) and the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO. Additionally, she has also held 33 positions within Australia. Dennerstein has been a member of many editorial boards and holds a current position as Review Editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Personal life
Lorraine Dennerstein lives in Melbourne, Australia.
She is divorced with two adult sons, born when she was a young doctor, at the age of 22 and 25.
Her current partner is Melbourne nightclub owner Brian Goldsmith.
She also has 3 grandchildren.