Bios (SAB and Board members)
Key points
SAB bios and Board member bios appear in the About Us section.
Bios are a brief summary (about 200 words) of the member's background, qualifications and experience.
All other experts are listed with names only.
Name and professional title
Include the expert's preferred name.
Include gender-neutral titles – for example, Dr or Professor – but generally avoid gendered titles – for example, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss – unless the expert specifically requests it.
Affiliation
Include the names of any institutional affiliations, using the style approved by the institution:
Australian National University
Monash Medical Centre
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Job description and qualifications
Include the abbreviation of the qualification approved by the conferring institution:
Psychologist, speech pathologist; MPsych (Educational and Developmental), BAppSc (Speech Pathology)
Psychologist; BBSc, GradDipAppPsych, MPsych (Counselling)
For example:
Dr Philippa CollinSenior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University; BA (Hons), PhDBody
The bio narrative is written in the third person and is approximately 200 words in length.
The first paragraph usually begins with the expert's first and last name. After that it's acceptable to use the first name only. Professional and other titles are usually excluded from the body copy.
The next 2-3 paragraphs include recent roles, publications and experience that are most relevant to raisingchildren.net.au.
If there is space, career background can be included in a final paragraph.