Maxine Morand
| Maxine Morand | |
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| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Mount Waverley |
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In office 30 November 2002 – 27 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | new seat |
| Succeeded by | Michael Gidley |
| Victorian Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development | |
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In office July 2007 – 2 December 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Lisa Neville |
| Succeeded by | Wendy Lovell |
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30 January 1959 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | John Merritt |
| Profession | Nurse, researcher, academic |
Maxine Veronica Morand (born 30 January, 1959) is an Australian academic, advocate for cancer patients, and former politician. Morand has a current academic appointment at Monash University where she is a Professorial Fellow in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. In addition she is a board director at Inner East Community Health and is the Chair of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Morand served as the Chief Executive Officer of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) between 2011 and 2014. Prior to joining BCNA, Morand was Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development and Minister for Women's Affairs in the Brumby Ministry, and held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Waverley. Before being elected to Parliament, she was a researcher at Cancer Council Victoria and ministerial adviser. Prior to entering politics she was a nurse and transplant coordinator.
Morand lives in Melbourne with her husband, John Merritt, and two children. Morand was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011.
Morand has a background in health, research and politics. After commencing her career as a general nurse, Morand was one of the first organ transplant coordinators in Victoria. After a career break with the birth of her two children, Morand returned to university and completed her Arts degree at La Trobe University with an honours year in Sociology, majoring in statistics. This led to a research role at the Centre for Behavioural Research at the Cancer Council Victoria and work on a diverse range of projects including evaluation of the Quit program and cancer patient needs. Morand went on to become an advisor to John Thwaites, the newly elected Victorian Minister for Health and Deputy Premier, working across a range of public health policies and programs and health practitioner regulation.
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