
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept
position: Research academic
Australia
Workforce issues Population health issues Sexual Health Rural health

qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Associate professor & Deputy head of school
Australia
My academic background spans clinical medicine, public health, & health services management. I have expertise across a range of disciplinary areas, and taught across a variety of units in public health, health management, international health, health promotion, health sciences and research methodologies - and across a range of courses and awards from Bachelors and Masters to Doctoral students. I have published extensively in high quality international journals and positively reviewed books: 6 book chapters, 64 refereed papers, 11 refereed conference proceedings and other scholarly works. I also have presented papers at over 70 research conferences. Many of my research publications are widely cited, with 1,946 citations to 102 published works in Google Scholar with an H-index of 26 and i10-index of 36 (Feb 2014).
Rural healthcare providers’ attitudes on climate change in NW USA
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Health research priorities: what matters most to people living in rural Australia?
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Improving surgical care in rural South Africa
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2026 Aeromed Conference, 28–30 October 2026, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2026, 4–6 November 2026, Gold Coast, Australia
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16th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 9–11 November 2026, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Rural GP Association Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference 2026, 20–22 November 2026, Inverness
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IAHA Indigenous Allied Health Australia National Conference, 30 November–2 December 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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BC Rural Health Conference, 28–30 May 2027, Victoria, BC, Canada
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5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Garramilla (Darwin), Australia
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Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference 2027 (ACEM RRR EM27), 18–20 July 2027, Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia
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