Judith Mary Lumley AM (15 February 1941 – 25 October 2018) had a career as an academic, author, public health advocate and perinatal researcher,[1] retiring as Professor Emerita at La Trobe University in December 2008.

[1] She gained her PhD in fetal physiology working on fetal acidosis in labor[3] at the Monash Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,[1] and became a Fellow of both the UK and Australian Faculties of Public Health Medicine and Professor at La Trobe University.

[1] Lumley worked in academic teaching and research in both pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology for several years, before establishing and directing the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection in 1982.

[15] This was a list of "the smartest, most innovative and most creative" people in a variety of fields in Australia organized by The Bulletin magazine.

[1] In 2013, the name of Mother and Child Health Research at La Trobe University was formally changed to the Judith Lumley Centre.