Margaret Irene Bullock

Margaret Irene Bullock AM FTSE (née Roberts, born 24 March 1933) is an Australian former professor in physiotherapy at the University of Queensland and pioneer in the field of ergonomics.

Early life Margaret Irene Roberts was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 24 March 1933. She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School. Margaret enrolled in the University of Queensland in 1951, becoming one of the first two students to graduate with a B.App.Sc in physiotherapy and occupational therapy in 1955.

Career Margaret tutored in the Department of Physiotherapy at UQ from 1955 to 1957. She married engineer and UQ graduate Keith Bullock in 1957, and they moved to Boston, USA during his Fulbright Scholarship. Margaret Bullock, as she was now known, worked as a physiotherapist at Massachusetts General Hospital while her husband worked at Harvard University.

She took her PhD from UQ in 1973, the first person in the world to take it in physiotherapy. 2001- Centenary Medal, "For service to Australian society in material technology and biotechnology" 2006- Queensland Finalist for Senior Australian of the Year Member of Australian Physiotherapy Association President of the Ergonomics Society of Australia Chair, Australian Council for Physiotherapy Regulating Authorities Medal, Australian Ergonomic Society Medal, International Ergonomic Society