Professor Kirsten Black is an academic gynaecologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and Joint Head of the Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Neonatology at the University of Sydney. She has a PhD (2008) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. A/Prof Black is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and a Member of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive (UK) who works clinically in the fields of early pregnancy care, ultrasound, general gynaecology, menopause and contraception.
She chairs a committee on sexual and reproductive health for RANZCOG and is a member of their women’s health committee and their global health committee. She is an associate editor on the college’s journal. A/Prof Black’s research focuses on sexual and reproductive health in low resource settings and she is committed to clinical and research capacity building in the Asia Pacific region.