Monique Marie Ryan was born on 20 January 1967 and is an Australian paediatric neurologist and politician.
19 Facts About Monique Ryan
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Monique Ryan is currently the member of parliament for the federal seat of Kooyong after defeating Josh Frydenberg at the 2022 Australian federal election.
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Monique Ryan has a twin sister and is one of seven children born to Maurice and Marguerite Ryan.
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Monique Ryan's father was a telecommunications executive and her mother was a charity worker who served as CEO of the Christian Brothers Foundation and founded Women for Women in Africa, a charity supporting the Kibera slum in Kenya.
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Monique Ryan attended Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, graduating as dux in 1984.
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Monique Ryan graduated in medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1991.
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Monique Ryan then completed her pediatric training in Sydney, Australia and a neurology residency at the Children's Hospital Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Monique Ryan completed a neurophysiology fellowship at the Lahey Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Monique Ryan has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and has been a principal investigator on a number of clinical trials.
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Monique Ryan is joint editor of Neuromuscular Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence, now in its second edition.
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Monique Ryan's publications have over 10,000 citations, and she has an H index of 50, which is a measure of the impact of her research.
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Monique Ryan was announced as the independent candidate to run in the 2022 federal election in the seat of Kooyong.
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Monique Ryan was one of a number of centrist "teal independents" who campaigned to unseat "moderate" Liberal Party MPs on the basis of a lack of action on climate change, amongst other policies Her campaign was backed by Voices of Kooyong and was reported to have 1500 volunteers and more than 2000 donors, as of April 2022.
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Monique Ryan stated she "was still getting used" to the idea of becoming a federal member of parliament and that her result indicates "there is a momentum for change in the Australian political system".
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Monique Ryan indicated her first priority would be action on climate change.
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Monique Ryan campaigned on a platform of action on climate change, political integrity, and gender equality.
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Monique Ryan was previously a member of the Australian Labor Party between 2007 and 2010.
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Monique Ryan has been awarded prizes for her research in neurology, in International Congress and Societies.
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Monique Ryan is one of seven children and was raised in the Kooyong electorate.