12 Facts About Nicola Spurrier

Nicola Jane Spurrier was born on 9 December 1966 and is an Australian paediatrician and public health physician who has been the Chief Public Health Officer of South Australia since August 2019.

Nicola Spurrier has a Graduate Diploma in Epidemiology from the University of Newcastle and completed a PhD from Adelaide University in 1999, with a thesis titled Parental management of children's asthma:the role of psychosocial factors.

Nicola Spurrier worked at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide from 1993 until 1999, before becoming a lecturer in Paediatrics and Child Health at Flinders University and consultant paediatrician at Flinders Medical Centre.

Nicola Spurrier is qualified as a specialist in both public health and paediatrics.

Nicola Spurrier has worked for SA Health for nearly thirty years, developing and implementing programs and policies focused on child health, obesity prevention and Aboriginal health.

Nicola Spurrier is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.

Nicola Spurrier became Chief Public Health Officer for South Australia in August 2019.

From March 2020, Nicola Spurrier led South Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, giving daily press conferences alongside Premier Steven Marshall in which she was called "calm, honest and direct".

Nicola Spurrier became popular with the public and had a cocktail named after her at Adelaide bar 2KW.

Nicola Spurrier was one of four nominees for 2021 South Australian of the Year.

Nicola Spurrier was awarded a Public Service Medal in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for outstanding public service to community health in South Australia.

Nicola Spurrier has been married to David Nicola Spurrier, a physiotherapist, for thirty years and they have a daughter and two sons.