- Category:
- Advocate
Honours and awards
2009 VIC Senior Australian of the Year Finalist
About
Dr Susan Alberti AC has spent a lifetime advocating for a range of medical research priorities, as well as promoting the importance of healthy living and exercise, particularly for women.
Susan’s only child, Danielle, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, which eventually led to her premature death. Susan has been at the forefront of Australian and international efforts to cure, prevent and better treat Type 1 diabetes.
In 2004 Susan became a board member of the Western Bulldogs Football Club. Susan was also founding co-chair of the Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation. In 2012 Susan was elected vice president of the Western Bulldogs Football Club and retired in 2016. In April 2015, Susan was also appointed president of the Footscray VFL club.
In recent years Susan has invested her time and resources more broadly in promoting healthier living initiatives, including women in sport. She was the leading force behind the establishment of the Australian Football League’s elite women’s competition, which has had an immediate flow on to increase the number of girls and women keeping active and fit by playing Aussie rules.
Susan and her foundation have invested millions of dollars in medical research and she continues to be involved in a range of ground-breaking health and lifestyle initiatives.
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