Christine Rodda
Christine Philippa Rodda is an Australian paediatric endocrinologist and academic. She is an Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the Melbourne Medical School – Western Campus, Sunshine Hospital. Rodda is known for her research on metabolic bone disease and vitamin D deficiency in children.
Early life and education
Christine Rodda was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne in 1978. She became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1987 and earned her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne in 1990.Career
Rodda began her medical career as a paediatric registrar at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne in 1984. From 1986 to 1987, she served as a clinical assistant in endocrinology at the same institution.In 1999, she was appointed Head of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Monash Medical Centre, a position she held until 2012. During her tenure, she contributed significantly to the development of paediatric endocrine services including the establishment of a multidisciplinary Young Adult Diabetes Service at Monash Medical Centre.
Since 2012, Rodda has been an associate professor at the Melbourne Medical School – Western Campus, Sunshine Hospital. She was instrumental in developing a new paediatric course for Doctor of Medicine students and establishing multidisciplinary clinics for young adults with diabetes and for paediatric and adolescent endocrinology.
From 2013 to 2021, she served as a paediatric endocrinologist at Western Health.