POSITION WITH ICAN: Board Member, ICAN Australia

BACKGROUND:

Dr Sue Wareham OAM qualified in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1975, and currently works in general practice in Canberra. Dr Wareham is one of the founding Board Members of ICAN Australia.

Since the early 1980s, Dr Wareham has been a very active member of the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia), which works for the elimination of nuclear weapons and for the promotion of peace and disarmament generally, and she has spoken and written widely on these issues.  She was MAPW National President from 1997 to 2005, and from 2007 to 2009.  Currently she is ACT Branch Coordinator. 

MAPW is the Australian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. Dr Wareham was the Regional Vice-President of IPPNW, and a member of the Board of Directors, from 1996 to 2000.

In 2006 Dr Wareham was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) “for service to the community and to the peace movement, particularly through the Medical Association for Prevention of War”.

CONTACT:

telephone: via ICAN Australia office: +61 (0)3 9347 4795

email: sue.wareham(at)mapw.org.au