Fran Baum

Professor of Health Equity at the Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia

Professor Fran Baum is a public health social scientist with a special interest in creating healthy, equitable and sustainable societies. She is a professor of health equity at The Stretton Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia. From 2009-2021 she was a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor and Director of the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University. She received an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her public health service. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and of the Australian Health Promotion Association. She is a past National President and Life Member of the Public Health Association of Australia. Fran is an activist academic who advocates for a fairer, more sustainable and healthy world. She has held multiple grants from the National Health & Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council which are considering health inequities and public policy, social determinants of health and Health in All Policies.