Frances Doran

Biography

Dr Frances Doran is a Senior Lecturer at Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW with the School of Health and Human Sciences. Frances has a background in social sciences, public health, nursing and health promotion. Frances has worked predominately in the higher education sector and has simultaneously maintained a strong connection with community based women’s services through research and management roles. Her research and publications have encompassed a range of women’s health areas including gestational diabetes, women’s access to health care including abortion, evaluative research on community based model of women’s health and partnerships between community based women’s health, Aboriginal health centres and the University. Her research, professional and personal life is driven by a strong commitment to feminism, social justice and health.