Mary-Louise McLaws

Mary-Louise McLaws
AO
Mary-Louise McLaws, a white woman in her 60s with a brown bob haircut and black glasses, looks at the camera with a slight smile.
Born
Mary-Louise Viney

(1953-03-17)17 March 1953
Tasmania, Australia
Died12 August 2023(2023-08-12) (aged 70)
Sydney, Australia
Spouse
Richard Flook
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(m. 1988)​
Children2
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (BSc, DTPH, MPH, PhD)
ThesisMeasurement and determinants of condom use behaviour in homosexually active men at risk of AIDS (1992)
Academic work
Discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of New South Wales (1992–2023)

Mary-Louise McLaws AO (née Viney; 17 March 1953 – 12 August 2023) was an Australian epidemiologist. Specialising in infectious diseases, she was a professor of epidemiology at the University of New South Wales for over 30 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she became a "household name" in Australia, regularly providing public information and advice on the disease.[1]

  1. ^ Dow, Aisha; Cunningham, Melissa (12 June 2022). "Respected epidemiologist honoured on Queen's Birthday reflects on shock diagnosis". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2023.