Professor Alicia Dennis

Alicia Dennis is a Professor at Deakin Univeristy, a fulltime staff specialist anaesthetist and the Director of Anaesthesia Research at The Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia. 

After graduation from the University of Melbourne she trained and practiced in anaesthesia in Melbourne and in 2010 obtained her PhD investigating cardiac function in women with preeclampsia. In 2013 Alicia was the Visiting Professorial Scholar for the University of Cape Town and The Groote Schuur Hospital investigating haemodynamics using echocardiography in women with preeclampsia and women with HIV.

In 2017 she completed a Master of International Public Health with a focus on gender inequity and its contribution to maternal mortality. Alicia is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has undertaken postgraduate studies in finance through Harvard Business School.

Alicia is currently supervising three PhD students and is the Australasian Representative on the Scientific Affairs Committee of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA).