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Professor Caroline Finch AO

PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), FASMF, GAICD

Professor Caroline Finch AO joined ECU in 2018 as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Vice-President with the responsibility for leading research at ECU. She has extensive board and committee experience particularly across science, technology, defence, health, and sport domains. She is ECU's designated representative on multiple industry-linked Joint Venture Agreement partnerships and collaborations including the Cybersecurity CRC, Pawsey Supercomputing Facility, Defence Science Centre, WA Agricultural Research Collaboration, WA Health Translation Network, WA Marine Science Institute and WA Biological Sciences Institute. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Professor Finch AO is, herself, a highly accomplished academic and world-renowned researcher. She has been ranked as one of the 10 most highly published injury researchers of all time and recognised as one of the most influential sports medicine researchers internationally. In 2015, she was awarded the American Public Health Association Distinguished International Career Award from the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section. In 2022, the Australian Injury Prevention Network presented her with its "Special Award for Sustained Achievement in Injury Prevention". She is the author of over 800 research-related publications and has earned more than $24M in research funding, including as an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and holder of multiple ARC and NHMRC project grants. She maintains her international research leadership and, from 2023, is the Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious international peer-review journal BMJ Injury Prevention.

Professor Finch AO is a respected leader, known for her strong stakeholder engagement, communication skills and high professional integrity. Her influential research outcomes have directly informed safety policy and programs for Government Departments of Sport and Health, health promotion/injury prevention agencies, and peak sports bodies worldwide. She is a highly sought-after mentor and woman in STEMM leader. She maintains an active role in the development and training of researchers, including through higher degree by research programs and PhD supervision.

Prior to her appointment at ECU, Professor Finch AO was the Dean of Graduate Studies at Federation University Australia. She has previously held Research Professor and Research Centre Director roles at the University of New South Wales, University of Ballarat, Monash University and Federation University Australia. Professor Finch holds a PhD in Mathematics/Statistics from Monash University and a Research Masters in Mathematical Statistics from Latrobe University.

In 2018, Professor Finch was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her distinguished service to sports medicine, particularly in the area of injury prevention as an educator, researcher and author, and to the promotion of improved health in athletes and those who exercise.

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