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Issue: March/April 2007NewsWomen's honour rollLa Trobe University Professor of Public Health, Pranee Liamputtong, was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women as part of International Women’s Day. The award recognises Professor Liamputtong’s pioneering work on childbirth issues affecting immigrant women, as well as her leadership in qualitative research methodology in health in Australia. A medical anthropologist, Professor Liamputtong specialises in studying the health of immigrants and refugees, women’s health, mothers’ and children’s health, the health of older persons, as well as international health, reproductive, sexual and mental health. She is author of several text books and a member of a range of advisory bodies. These include the Ministerial Advisory Council on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Department of Human Services; the Research Evaluation Committee at BreastScreen Victoria; and the National Centre for HIV Social Research at the University of New South Wales. Previous Honour Roll inductees include Victorian Police Commissioner, Christine Nixon, Olympian, Cathy Freeman, Dame Elizabeth Murdoch, former La Trobe Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis and La Trobe historian, Professor Marilyn Lake.
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