Sarah Anderson

Dr Sarah Anderson joins Scope with a passion for equity and inclusion, and experience in the regulatory, disability, academia, and healthcare sectors, and lived experience of disability.

As a person who has experienced social exclusion firsthand, Sarah is passionate about Scope’s mission of ‘seeing the person’ and bringing possibilities to life.

Alongside her role as a Director on Scope’s Board, Sarah is Chair of Disability Sport and Recreation Board and Australian Orthotic and Prosthetic Association Board. She is a previous Director of Yea and District Memorial Hospital Board.

Sarah is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Prosthetics and Orthotics at La Trobe University and holds the role of Manager Research and Evaluation at AHPRA (Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency). She holds a Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics, a Master of Public Health, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Ergonomics and Human Factors.

Sarah has completed a Churchill Fellowship offered by the Winston Churchill Trust and received a scholarship to undertake the Williamson Community Leadership Program. She has proudly walked the Kokoda Trail.