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The ChairpersonGraham VimpaniClinical Chair Head of the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health Biography Professor Graham Vimpani AM is Professor of Community Child Health and Head of the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Newcastle; Clinical Chair of Kaleidoscope: Hunter Children’s Health Network within the Hunter New England Area Health Service; and Medical Director of the Child Protection Team of the John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle. He is a community paediatrician and has a longstanding interest in promoting child development through a range of social policies and early intervention strategies that address the support needs of families with young children. His research interests have spanned childhood injury prevention, child protection, the impact of lead on child development, the evaluation of home visiting, health outcomes in adolescent boys and the links between socio-economic inequality and child health. He is Chairman of the Board of NIFTeY Australia (the National Investment for the Early Years) - a cross-sectoral advocacy body designed to promote greater awareness of the importance of the early years of life. He has a Ministerial appointment as Co-Chair of the NSW Government Children’s Health Priority Taskforce and member of the NSW Health Advisory Council. Professor Vimpani was a recipient of the Centenary Medal in 2003 for services to early childhood and in January 2007 he was awarded an AM. He is a Board Member of several NGOs concerned with children’s welfare The Deputy Chair Barbara Wellesley AM Barbara is a trained child health nurse with extensive experience working both as a Manager and Clinician in multidisciplinary teams in urban and rural NSW. She has a sound working knowledge of the role and function of community based child, youth and family health services across Australia. Barbara has made extensive contributions to child health policy development, with a focus on practice issues and effectiveness.
Barbara co-founded Good Beginnings Australia in 1996 and was the National Director from 1996 to 2007. Good Beginnings Australia (GBA) is a non-profit organization which delivers universal, early intervention and prevention programs to families with young children.
Since her retirement, Barbara has been able to spend more quality time with her own children and grandchildren (14) and has continued her broader interest in young children and their families. Barbara is living temporarily in Darwin and is still interested in looking at ways to improve child and family outcomes, particularly for those living in remote and rural Aboriginal communities. The Members of the BoardStephen Breen |
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