Louise Woodward

Louise Woodward

Dr Louise Woodward is a paediatrician who has been working in the NT for the last 14 years. Typical for many clinicians in rural areas, she has had a wide-ranging medical career, working in neonatal intensive care, neonatal retrieval, acute paediatrics, medical education, and community paediatrics. Recently, she has moved into environmental health advocacy due to concerns about government proposals to expand the gas industry in the NT despite known risks to health and the climate. She has been using her voice and expertise as a doctor to raise the alarm about the health impacts of specific projects in order to educate the community and influence decision makers. Much of her environmental advocacy has been in partnership with local indigenous leaders, pairing scientific evidence with indigenous knowledge in order to highlight the important and intricate relationship between health and country.