AHPA congratulates Professor Fran Baum, on her AO in the Queen’s Birthday Honours awarded recently. Fran was awarded the AO for her distinguished service to higher education as an academic and public health researcher, as an advocate for improved access to community health care, and to professional organisations.
Fran was recognised as a Fellow of AHPA in 2007 for her significant contribution to the purposes and objectives of AHPA and to health promotion in Australia. She has continued to be a tireless advocate for health promotion, redressing inequities in health outcomes and the social determinants of health.
Want to know more about Fran? See http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/fran.baum