Professor Danielle Mazza AM FAHMS, MD, MBBS, FRACGP, DRANZCOG, Grad Dip Women’s Health, GAICD, CF is an internationally distinguished general practice clinician researcher and Head of the Department of General Practice at Monash University. Her research and leadership have been highly influential in reducing inequities in access and improving the quality of clinical care delivered in general practice in women’s sexual and reproductive health, preventive care, the early detection of cancer and antimicrobial stewardship. 

A strong proponent of evidence-based care, she has led and contributed to the development and implementation of key general practice guidelines used nationwide and provides expert advice to professional, government and policy groups nationally and around the world. She leads the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health  in Primary Care (SPHERE) and Chairs the Royal Australian College of General Practice’s Red Book Preventive Care Guideline Development Group (the RACGP’s key guideline used by > 40,000 GPs) . 

Professor Mazza is a ministerial appointment to the National Women’s Health Advisory Council (co-chairing the Access, Care and Outcomes Subcommittee) and the Victorian Women’s Health Advisory Council (chairing the Access to LARC and Termination Subcommittee). She is also a member of the Therapeutic Goods Administration Women’s Health Products Working Group and the National Endometriosis Advisory Group.

Over the course of her career, Professor Mazza has acquired more than $59 million in competitive funding ($41 million Category One funding, >$27 million as CIA), including 4 NHMRC project grants, 5 MRFF grants, 4 partnership projects, 1 Dementia Research Team Grant, and 4 CREs. She has published 279 peer-reviewed publications (73 as first-author), 137 of which were published in the last 5 years (H index: 32 Scopus; 41 Google Scholar, Citations: 3865 Scopus and 7140 Google Scholar). She ranks in the top 0.57% of researchers worldwide in the field of contraception (expertscape).

Professor Mazza was awarded a Member of The Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for her significant service to medicine and medical research, particularly women’s health. In the same year she was awarded a Fellowship by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in recognition of her important contributions to health and medical research.