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Associate Professor Anita Stefoska-Needham

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Nutrition and dietetics, Teacher and student wellbeing, Food sustainability, Food sciences, Nutritional science, Nutrition and dietetics not elsewhere classified
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Nutrition

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Health Education and Promotion

Workforce Transition and Employment

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nutrition & dietetics

I am a PhD-qualified Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (AdvAPD) with over 25 years of experience spanning academia, clinical dietetics, and industry.

Dr Ingrid Astrid Jimenez Barbosa

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry, Vision science, Occupational and workplace health and safety, Education assessment and evaluation
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Environmental Health

Occupational Health

Health Education and Promotion

Keywords:

visual function

environmental & occupational health

neurotoxicity

patient education

pedagogical practices

innovative educational interventions

I am an Optometrist and Educational-Focused Academic at the School of Optometry and Vision Science (SOVS), with a strong background in clinical education and researc

Ms Bronwyn Terrill

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Educational Technology and Media, Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology
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Secondary education

Continuing education

Teacher and Instructor Development

Health Education and Promotion

Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

Biological sciences

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Education and Training not elsewhere classified

Keywords:

biomedical social sciences

Associate Professor Sean Edward Kennedy

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Paediatrics, Nephrology and Urology, Innate Immunity, Other Education
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Child Health

Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Health Education and Promotion

Sean is the Program Authority for UNSW Medicine, Education Lead for the UNSW Randwick Clinical Campus and Head of Paediatric Nephrology at Sydney Children's Hospital.

Dr Huu Matthew Nguyen

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Pathology (excl. oral pathology), Biochemistry and cell biology, Medical biochemistry and metabolomics, Nutrition and dietetics, Medical genetics (excl. cancer genetics), Metabolic medicine, Autoimmunity, Immunology, Curriculum and pedagogy
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Evaluation of Health Outcomes

Health Education and Promotion

Nutrition

Diagnostic Methods

Inherited Diseases (incl. Gene Therapy)

Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

Immune System and Allergy

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pathology

biochemistry & molecular biology

Dr Sameera Ansari

Faculty: Medicine & Health
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Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

Behaviour and Health

Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Respiratory System and Diseases (incl. Asthma)

Health and Support Services

Health Education and Promotion

Pacific Peoples Health - Health System Performance (incl. Effectiveness of Interventions)

Public health not elsewhere classified

Keywords:

biomedical research

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd)

implementation science

mobile health (mhealth)

quality use of medicines

primary health care

co-design

healthy ageing

healthcare innovations

I am an emerging research leader with over 19 years of experience

Professor Ric Day

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Rheumatology and Arthritis, Endocrinology, Decision Support and Group Support Systems, Toxicology (incl. Clinical Toxicology), Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Cardiovascular System and Diseases

Diabetes

Infectious Diseases

Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Health Education and Promotion

Keywords:

clinical pharmacology

arthritis / rheumatology

clinical toxicology

toxicology

therapeutic drug monitoring

chronic disease

acute and chronic pain management

chronic diseases

clinical research

complementary and alternative medicine (cam)

quality use of medicines

gout

toxicology

clinical pharmacology

pharmacology

drug development

clinical trials

musculoskeletal conditions

musculoskeletal diseases

chronic pain

osteoarthritis

complementary and alternative medicine

complementary and alternative medicine (cam)

Prof Day AM (MBBS, FRACP, MD) is internationally and nationally recognised for his research, leadership and advocacy in support of quality use of medicines (QUM).

Professor Evelyne de Leeuw

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Urban and Regional Studies, Comparative Government and Politics
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Health Education and Promotion

Political science and public policy

Planning

Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies

Evelyne is a professor of public health at the School of Public Health at the University of Montreal (ESPUM) where she hold

Emeritus Professor Mark Fort Harris

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Primary Health Care, Preventive Medicine, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Health and Community Services, Mental Health
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Preventive Medicine

Health Inequalities

Health Education and Promotion

Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare

I am an academic general practitioner. My clinical work is the asylum seekers.

Dr Rachel Baffsky

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Implementation science and evaluation, Health promotion, Health and community services, Mental health services
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Mental Health

Health Education and Promotion

Public health not elsewhere classified

Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified

Keywords:

implementation science

child mental health

health promotion

school-based research

hepatitis c

health services research

domestic violence

translational research

injury

community health services

Dr. Rachel Baffsky (BPsych Hons, MPH, PhD) is an implementation scientist and psychology researcher.

Dr Nina El-Haddad

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Primary Health Care, Nutrition and Dietetics, Migrant Cultural Studies, Public Health and Health Services
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Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)

Health Inequalities

Health Education and Promotion

Dr Zelalem Mengesha

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Culture, Gender, Sexuality, Health Promotion, Reproduction
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Health Inequalities

Preventive Medicine

Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare

Health Education and Promotion

Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)

Keywords:

refugee health

sexual health

reproductive health

health services accessibi

men's health

mixed method approach

qualitative methods

Dr Zelalem Mengesha is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE).

Emeritus Professor Bettina Meiser

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Genetics, Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Social and Community Psychology, Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis, Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
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Cancer and Related Disorders

Behaviour and Health

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified

Health Education and Promotion

Mental Health Services

With the input of many colleagues, Professor Meiser has built a nationally and internationally recognised research program that assesses the psychosocial impact of genetic counsel

Mr Jeremy Chung Bo Chiang

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry and Ophthalmology
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Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders

Allied Health Therapies (excl. Mental Health Services)

Health Education and Promotion

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Dr Jeremy Chiang is a postdoctoral

Dr Husna Razee

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public health, Higher education, Health Promotion
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Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Health Education and Promotion

Education and Training

I am an academic with a teaching intensive focus with over 10 plus years of experience convening and teaching qualitative research for postgraduate coursework and research students at UNSW.

Research in General Practice

Field of Research (FoR):

Health Promotion

Preventive Medicine

Public Health and Health Services

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Preventive Medicine

Health Education and Promotion

Behaviour and Health

Substance Abuse

In Australia and among international researchers in smoking cessation, Robyn Richmond is among the very few who have been conducting research in general practice for almost four decades. Her work has resulted in significant changes in the practice of medicine where GPs now are trained in, and implement, smoking cessation interventions with their patients.

Research to reduce smoking among those people with a psychotic illness

Field of Research (FoR):

Mental Health

Health Promotion

Preventive Medicine

Public Health and Health Services

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Health Education and Promotion

Health Inequalities

Behaviour and Health

Substance Abuse

Smoking is a major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor for people with mental illnesses such as psychosis and depression.

Travellers visiting friends and relatives: new approaches to understanding and reducing infectious disease risks

Field of Research (FoR):

Infectious Diseases

Public Health and Health Services

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Infectious Diseases

Health Education and Promotion

Disease distribution and transmission

This research will investigate the contribution to the burden of infectious diseases in Australia from travel by migrant Australians who visit friends and relatives in their country of birth.