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Barker, Ruth

Dr Ruth Barker

Emergency Paediatrician; Director, Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit
Dr Ruth Barker is an emergency paediatrician and Director of the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. She combines her experience of patient ED presentations with emergency injury data to advocate for injury prevention through design, standards and legislative change.

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