Prof Craig Veitch

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, literature review, devised survey tool, wrote the first draft

position: Professor, Community Based Health Care

Professor Craig Veitch was the inaugural Chair of Rural Health at James Cook University, Queensland from 2000 to 2007. In December 2007, he became the inaugural Professor of Community Based Health Care at The University of Sydney and the Director of the Centre for Community Based Health Care at Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney. His research interests include health care behaviour and decision making, health services research, road crashes, cancer, health workforce in rural areas, community based rehabilitation, and outreach rehabilitation services.

Angela Dew

qualifications: PhD

contribution: devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, qualitative analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Project manager, Wobbly Hub & Double Spoke Project

Kim Bulkeley

qualifications: BAppSc(OT)

contribution: collected data, contributed to drafts

position: Project officer, Wobbly Hub & Double Spoke Project

Michelle Lincoln

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to drafts, original concept

position: Associate dean, Undergraduate

Michelle is a Professor in Speech Pathology at the University of Sydney. Michelle's research focuses on workforce and workplace issues in allied health.

Anita Bundy

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts

position: Professor, Occupational Therapy

Dr Gisselle Gallego

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts

position: Honorary research fellow

Health services research, experienced in undertaking and applying the results of economic evaluation to health services, evaluation of health policy and qualitative methods in health economics. Current area of research workforce preferences of allied health professionals and retention of these professionals in rural areas.

Scott Griffiths

qualifications: MBus

contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts

position: Regional director