Janice Clare Reid (born 19 September 1947) is an Australian academic and medical anthropologist, who has specialised in Aboriginal and refugee health.
Her field research as a medical anthropologist during 1974–75 and beyond was at Yirrkala in northeast Arnhem Land studying the Yolngu concepts of illness and healing.
The College shortly thereafter merged with the University, During that time she established the Centre for Crosscultural Studies in Health and Medicine with the support of a federal government grant.
On her retirement in December 2013 after 16 years in the role, Reid was made an Emeritus Professor in recognition of her distinguished service to the University, by then with 40,000 students and more than 3000 staff.
In 2015–16 Reid was a member of the Review Committee, which was appointed to provide expert advice on revisions to the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, a document co-written by NHMRC, the Australian Research Council (ARC) and Universities Australia (UA), and to produce draft Guides on investigating and managing potential breaches of the Code.
In 2013 she was appointed to the state advisory council of St Vincent’s and the Mater Hospitals (NSW), subsequently membership of the Clinical Governance and Patient Experience Committee, and from 2015 Chair of the Pacific Friends of the Global Fund formed to address the malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS epidemics in the developing world.
In 2016 Reid was nominated for the 100 Women of Influence co-supported by the Australian Financial Review and Westpac winning the management and boards category,