Elizabeth Elliott

Professor Elizabeth Elliott is a Distinguished Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney and a Consultant Paediatrician at Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (Westmead). She holds a Medical Research Futures Fund Next Generation Fellowship and leads national and international initiatives in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), rare diseases, and Indigenous child health. She is Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) and chairs key national committees including the FASD Advisory Group and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians' Gender Equity in Medicine Committee.

Education & Professional Background:

• MD, MPhil (Public Health), MBBS (Medicine)
• Fellowships: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK), Royal Society of Medicine (London)
• Previous academic roles at University of London and Leicester

Research Interests:

Her work focuses on FASD prevention/diagnosis, rare diseases epidemiology, Indigenous health equity, global child health in Vietnam, and child health policy. She pioneered the Lililwan Project addressing FASD in remote Australia and established the APSU for rare disease surveillance.

Article Trends: Recent publications emphasize FASD prevalence estimation, neurodevelopmental impacts of prenatal alcohol exposure, global health equity in cerebral palsy care, and pediatric policy interventions.

Awards: Over 30 major awards including the Howard Williams Medal (highest paediatric award in Australia/NZ), Starfish Award (international FASD recognition), and membership in Chief Executive Women.

Advising & Grants: Supervises postgraduate students and advanced trainees. Holds >$50M in research funding including NHMRC grants for FASD diagnosis in Queensland and FASD Hub Australia. Leads projects like the Bigiswun Kid longitudinal study and Vietnam cerebral palsy surveillance.

Teams/Labs: Directs FASD NSW Assessment Service, Centre for Care and Intervention for Children Affected by Drugs and Alcohol (CICADA), and University of Sydney Global Child Health Network. Collaborates with UNICEF, WHO, and international medical colleges.