Jeanine Young

Professor Jeanine Young AM is a registered nurse, midwife, and neonatal nurse with over 30 years of experience in neonatal, paediatric, maternal and child health care. Jeanine has a special interest in how infant care practices impact infant mortality, and in particular breastfeeding, parent-infant bed-sharing and shared sleeping practices. A particular focus of interest is the development of individually tailored, community based, wrap around care interventions to address the multiple disadvantages experienced by families with social vulnerabilities who experience the greatest burden of infant mortality.
Jeanine is a ministerial appointment to the Queensland Child Death Review Board, and Queensland Paediatric Quality Council Infant Mortality Subcommittee, and leads the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Maternal and Child Health research theme. Jeanine was an inaugural member and Chair (2008-2015) for the Red Nose National Scientific Advisory Group (2004-June 2021). She works in partnership with government, industry, safety and regulatory bodies, and communities in translating evidence into practical parenting advice. Jeanine was awarded Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2020 for her significant contributions to medical research, tertiary education and nursing.