
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Associate Professor
Canada
Dr. Rebecca Schiff is Dean of the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences and Professor of Health Sciences at University of Northern British Columbia. Rebecca has a long history of working closely with rural, remote, and Indigenous communities to investigate and research health issues and solutions, with a particular focus on social determinants of health and intersections between health and sustainability. She is grateful to live and work in the unceded ancestral lands of the Lheidli T'enneh.

qualifications: MSc
contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Registered Dietitian
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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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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