Sandra Eades (born 1967) is a Noongar physician, researcher and professor, and the first Aboriginal medical practitioner to be awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in 2003.
Sandra Eades was born in Mount Barker, Western Australia and at the age of 12 moved to Perth with her family.
[2] In primary school she wanted to be a doctor but thought she would not have that opportunity as an Aboriginal girl.
[2] In 1985, at the age of 17, she arrived at University of Newcastle as one of four Aboriginal students selected for a special program to study medicine.
[9] Eades's work in pediatric and perinatal epidemiology has improved the lives of Aboriginal women and children.