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About Dr Norman Swan
Presenter of Health Minutes, Dr Norman Swan, is a multi-award winning producer, broadcaster and investigative journalist. His career has been highlighted by his desire to keep the Australian public informed of health developments as they happen, combining medical expertise with journalism.
One of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, Dr Swan was born in Scotland, and graduated in medicine from the University of Aberdeen and later obtained his postgraduate qualifications in Paediatrics.
Joining the ABC in , Dr Swan has won numerous awards for his work as presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National.
Dr Swan was named Australian Radio Producer of the Year in and was awarded a Gold Citation in the United National Media Peace Prizes for his radio work.
He has won three Walkley National Awards for Australian journalism including the Gold, and has won Australia's top prize for Science Journalism, the Michael Daly Award, twice.
A famous example of Dr Swan's work is his much publicised and controversial investigative program on scientific fraud and the well-known gynaecologist Dr William McBride.
In he was awarded the Medal of the Australian Academy of Science, an honour that is only rarely given and the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow made him a Fellow.
In addition to the Health Minutes on NewsRadio and the Health Report on Radio National, Dr Swan appears every Monday morning on Sally Loane's ABC program in Sydney and Liam Bartlett on ABC in Perth.
He also edits his own newsletter, The Choice Health Reader, which is published with the Australian Consumers Association.
On television, Dr Swan has hosted ABC Television's science program, Quantum, and been a guest reporter on Catalyst and Four Corners.
Dr norman swan biography of martin luther Trained in paediatrics, Dr Swan was one of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, with a broadcast career spanning more than 30 years. He currently hosts Radio National's The Health Report and co-hosts Coronacast.He hosted Health Dimensions on ABC Television, and created, wrote and narrated a four part series on disease and civilisation, "Invisible Enemies", made for Channel 4(UK) and SBS Television. This has been shown in twenty seven countries. He also co-wrote and narrated "The Opposite Sex", a four part series for ABC Television.
Norman Swan is known outside Australia.
He has been the Australian correspondent for the Journal of the American Medical Association and the British Medical Journal and has consulted for the World Health Organisation in Geneva.