Eddy Strivens is a Geriatrician and Clinical Director for Older Persons, Subacute and Rehabilitation in Cairns, Far North Queensland, a Professor with James Cook University School of Medicine and a former President of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine.
Clinically, Eddy is based in Cairns and his medical interests include integrated and sub-acute care, dementia in acute care and regional outpatient memory clinics, including outreach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in the Torres Strait and Cape York.
His clinical research interests include Successful Ageing and Dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and Models of Integrative Service Delivery, including Telegeriatrics and Transitions in Sub-Acute Care and Community Care. He leads the Healthy Ageing Research Team at James Cook University, with 8 years of continuous NHMRC grants and over $6 million in competitive grants funding.
Eddy was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2023 Australia Day Honours for significant service to geriatric medicine and to professional organisations. Previously in 2015 Eddy was awarded the Public Service Medal in the Queens Birthday Honours for services to Queensland Health in the area of Aged Care and the biennial Louis Ariotti Award for Excellence and Innovation in the field of Rural and Remote Health. In 2019, Eddy was appointed to Pre-Eminent Status within Queensland Health.