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| Name: | Lorraine Dennerstein, AO, MBBS, PhD, DPM, FRANZCP |
| Affiliation: | Director, Office for Gender & Health Department of Psychiatry The University of Melbourne |
| Chapters Contributed: | Psychoendocrinology of the Climacteric |
| General Biographical Description: | Lorraine Dennerstein AO MBBS PhD DPM FRANZCP is a Professorial Fellow Dept of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne. She established and directed the Key Centre for Women’s Health at The University of Melbourne from 1988-1996. In 1995 Professor Dennerstein was appointed a Personal Chair at The University of Melbourne. She was also the Foundation Director of the Department of Psychological Medicine at the Mercy Hospital for Women Melbourne from 1988-1993; President of the International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. She is a member of the editorial committees of 3 international journals and is the author/editor of 22 books and over 300 journal articles/chapters in books. Her major research projects have focussed on phases in women’s lives where there are hormonal, social and psychological changes occurring simultaneously: menstrual cycle, pregnancy and postpartum and menopause. She has carried out research on the menstrual cycle for over 15 years and is also chief investigator on a population based study of Australian women’s experiences of the menopausal transition, now in its 17th year. Major and unique aspects of this study have been the study of wellbeing, sexuality, symptoms, CVD risk factors and bone density and their relationship to a range of variables including those of hormones, age, stress, lifestyle and other health experiences. Professor Dennerstein has completed a number of projects for major international agencies including the Commonwealth Awards for Excellence program (Commonwealth Secretariat), a report on Women and Occupational Health (WHO), and a report on Women, Bioethics and Human Rights (UNESCO). Professor Dennerstein's contribution to medical education and to research in women's health was recognised by the award of the Order of Australia in 1994. In July 2005 she was awarded a Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Sexuality Research by the World Association of Sexology. |
| Special Interests: | Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women’s Sexual Health, The menopausal transition including wellbeing, symptoms and risk factors and their relationship to hormones, age, stress, lifestyle and other health experiences |
| Contact Address: | Office for Gender & Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Level 1 North, Main Building, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria 3050, AUSTRALIA |
| Email: | ldenn@unimelb.edu.au |
