Loretta Marron
- January 5, 2024
- Scientist
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Loretta Marron Biography
| Name | Loretta Marron |
| Birthday | Oct 16 |
| Birth Year | 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | Hanover |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Loretta Marron is one of the most popular and richest Scientist who was born on October 16, 1951 in Hanover, Germany. Marron was born 1951 in Hanover, West Germany. Marron’s family moved to South Australia in 1959 and the United Kingdom in 1954. In 1972, she graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science. She majored in Physics and Mathematics. She worked as an information technology specialist throughout her career.
Marron was twice named Skeptic of the Year by the Australian Skeptics in 2006-2007 and 2011, individually, in recognition of her “great contribution to public health” and “exposure of dangerous and discredited therapies that profit through offering spurious treatments to the vulnerable and the ill,” and again in 2012 as the representative of Friends of Science in Medicine. She was made a life member of the Australian Skeptics in 2016.
Marron is particularly critical of universities which teach courses in unproven treatments, some of which have lecturers who promote their own practices and products in the process. In 2011, she wrote to the Federal Health Minister outlining the seriousness of the problem, which she said “is a form of child abuse”, calling for universities to stop teaching health-related courses which could not produce adequate evidence to support their claims. The submission incorporated 20 pages of supporting letters from leading academics and clinicians. It focussed especially on the RMIT University chiropractic paediatric clinic, which dismissed the claims it was teaching techniques that could be harmful, although it acknowledged there was an “overall lack of high- level clinical evidence in chiropractic”.
In 2011, Marron joined with a group of 34 prominent Australian doctors, medical researchers and scientists, to form the organization Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM). Marron was the inaugural Chief Executive Officer. FSM was formed “to emphasise the importance of having health care in Australia based upon evidence, scientifically sound research and established scientific knowledge.”
She was diagnosed with breast carcinoma in 2003. She was exposed to a variety of alternative treatments at her cancer support group. Many of them urged her not to undergo surgery or chemotherapy and to reject traditional medicine. Her research showed that there was no evidence to support these alternative treatments. Marron stated that she was horrified at the way charlatans tried to exploit her and other sufferers by offering no tangible benefits and charging high fees. This drove her to expose those who advocate unproven “alternative” methods.
Loretta Marron Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Scientist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Loretta Marron is one of the richest Scientist from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Loretta Marron 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Loretta Josephine Marron OAM, was born 16 October 1951 and is the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Friends of Science in Medicine. Since being diagnosed with breast cancer, she is known as “Jelly Bean Lady”. She has advocated evidence-based medicine. She has exposed unproven treatments in the media. Some of these have led to successful legal prosecutions. She was the Medal of the Order of Australia and “Skeptic of the year” three times.
She became a regular contributor to the media over this time, including investigative journalism pieces that exposed alternative therapists who made misleading or false claims. A beauty therapist claimed she could cure cancer by giving patients a combination of citric acid, sodium chlorite. This was the subject of a high-profile A Current Affair investigation. Marron’s covert investigation was covered by national television. The practitioner mixed the mixture and injected it into Maria Worth, who was suffering from breast cancer. She was paid $2000 for this “treatment.” Worth was admitted to Toowoomba Hospital four days later with life-threatening bloodclots. Marron’s testimony helped the Supreme Court determine that Worth was not qualified and unregistered. She was ordered to stop receiving the treatment in 2009.
Her investigations into fraudulent practices led to cancellations of the approvals for nine alternative “medical” devices from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods in 2010, and another 31 in 2011.
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