Sally Dunwoodie

Sally Lewers Dunwoodie  is an Australian scientist, specialising in genetic birth defects.

Dunwoodie became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2024 "For distinguished service to medical research as an embryologist and geneticist, particularly in the field of fetal and neonatal heart disease".

Early life
Dunwoodie attended Queenwood School for Girls in Sydney, Australia, graduating in 1981. She studied a Bachelor of Science with Honours at the University of Sydney. She graduated with a PhD from the Children's Medical Research Institute.

Scientific career
Dunwoodie completed postdoctoral training at the National Institute for Medical Research before starting work at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in 2000. In 2022, Dunwoodie became the Deputy Director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

Awards

 * Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, 2019-
 * Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Scientific Research (2018)
 * NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Medical Biological Sciences (2017)
 * Australian Financial Review Women of Influence (2015)

Personal life
Dunwoodie has two children.