Director of Research at FPA Health and lecturer, Sydney

Edith Weisberg (MB BS, MM, FACSHP, OAM) is currently the Director of Research at FPA Health and Senior Clinical lecturer in Obstetrics & gynaecology, University of Sydney. She is an acknowledged leader in the field of Women’s Health and Contraception and is a member of the International Medical Advisory Panel of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

Edith has a significant reproductive research profile both internationally and locally. She has worked to expand the evidence base around new and existing methods of contraception and women’s reproductive and general health. Over the past 25 years she has been active in the education of health professionals and the Australian public and has never shied away from some of the controversial areas such as the wider availability of emergency contraception in Australia.

Edith has been widely published in the Australian and International academic press as well contributing chapters to five books. She is an enthusiastic medical educator and one of those responsible for the development of the Masters course in Reproductive health at the University of Sydney.

Her extensive contribution in the area of women’s health has been recognised with the 2001 Impact Award – Public Health Association of NSW and in 2003 she was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia.