Professor Caroline Finch is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Edith Cowan University. She is a board or committee member for a number of organisations in WA such as the Defence Science Centre, Digitisation Centre of WA, WA Biodiversity Science Institute and the WA Marine Science Institution.  She has previously held senior research leadership roles at the University of New South Wales, Monash University and the University of Ballarat/Federation University Australia.

She holds a PhD in Mathematics/Statistics from Monash University and a Research Masters in Mathematical Statistics from La Trobe University. She has authored over 730 research-related publications and has earned more than $24m in research funding, including from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Australian Research Council. She was an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow for 14 years.

As an injury epidemiologist, she has been recognised as one of the most influential sports medicine researchers internationally, being well known for her sports injury prevention and injury surveillance research. In 2015, she was awarded the American Public Health Association Distinguished International Career Award from the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section.

In 2018, she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her “distinguished service to sports medicine, particularly in the area of injury prevention as an educator, researcher and author, and to the promotion of improved health in athletes and those who exercise”.