Professor Sandra Carr is the Head of the discipline of Health Professions Education and Lead for the Health Humanities Research Network at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Sandra completed her PhD in medical education at UWA in 2014 exploring predictors of junior doctor performance in their first postgraduate year.

She is best known for her work in innovating curricula to better prepare health professionals to provide person centred health care, offering professional development for health professionals as educators and is recognised as an influential voice within Australian and New Zealand Health Professions Education.

Sandra joined UWA in 1998 as a Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, after having spent 15 years in clinical nursing and midwifery practice. From 2010- 2016, Sandra was the Associate Dean of Education across the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and was the academic lead for the selection of medical and dental students from 2016-2020. In 2017, Sandra was appointed the inaugural head of the Discipline of Health Professions Education that offers postgraduate courses in health professions education and in 2019, founded the first undergraduate bachelor program in Humanities for Health and Medicine in Australia.

Sandra is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, recipient of numerous teaching excellence awards and acclaimed supervisor of higher degree by research students with over 30 HDR completions. Her research collaborations locally, nationally and internationally have resulted in numerous publications with a focus on selection of students, motivation of learners, clinical education environments, academic performance and progression, curriculum design, program evaluation and the intersections of health, humanities and the education of future health professionals.