Dr Andrea Whittaker

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Senior Lecturer
Centre for Women's Health, Gender and Society
Melbourne School of Population Health
Level 2, 723 Swanston Street
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010
Tel:    +61 3 8344 0717
Fax:    +61 3 9349 4870
Email: a.whittaker@ unimelb.edu.au

Biography

Andrea Whittaker is a medical anthropologist in a joint position between the Key Centre and the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies. Her primary research interests relate to reproductive health, gender and development in Thailand with a major study published in 2004 on abortion in Thailand. Her Australian research includes studies on general practice, gender and diabetes and family formation. Her current research funded by the Australian Research Council involves a study on infertility, assisted reproductive technologies and reproductive tourism in Thailand and the region.

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