Professor Amanda Leach AM is leader of the Ear Health Research Program, Child Health Division. Prof Leach led the 6-year NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to 2021. Over 30 small grants were provided to researchers across Australia.
We collaborate closely with the world-leading Menzies School of Health Research who addresses critical issues such as mental health, nutrition, substance abuse, child health and development, as well as chronic diseases. Menzies are research leaders in life-threatening illnesses in the Asia-Pacific, such as malaria, melioidosis and tuberculosis. With research teams across all disciplines, we offer an abundance of research opportunities for students, enhanced through collaboration with the world leading Menzies School of Health Research. The right supervisor can help you develop your project outline and provide the support needed to help you complete your degree. The Faculty of Health supports research students in a broad range of areas.
Professor, midwife and child health nurse, Sue Kruske has worked in the primary care setting for over 30 years. She has a background in midwifery and child health nursing and worked for many years in remote Indigenous communities.
Professor Currie leads the Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases team within the Global and Tropical Health Division at Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory, Darwin.
As an exercise and sports scientist you'll be an expert in understanding how human bodies respond to exercise, and how to make a difference in the quality of life for all people. You'll teach people to use exercise as an intervention to improve health and fitness. The course is integrated with health, fitness and sporting agencies within the community. This gives you a variety of options for work placement as part of your study program. Delivered on campus in the Northern Territory and external delivery mode, you'll study the general principles of health and physical performance, specialising in tropical hot and humid conditions.
My research is situated within health professions education, with a focus on assessment quality, curriculum design, learner development, and faculty capacity building in medical and allied health programs. I have conducted and published work on clinical competence assessment, MCQ and OSCE design, educational environments, learner agency, culturally responsive teaching and assessment, and the use of technology-enhanced learning in health education.
In the Facutly of Health we offer you a career with many opportunities, ensuring you are supported and fulfilled. We provide attractive benefits, we support colleages and, most importantly, we aim for our staff to be content, happy and heathy.
Medical anthropologist, nurse and midwife, Sarah is an early career researcher, with expertise in cross-cultural qualitative research methods, especially collaborative approaches with Aboriginal people. Her research methodologies are informed by social justice, health promotion, decolonising theories, public health, gender, woman-centered midwifery, culture and human rights disclosure.
Heidi heads Child Health Laboratory Research and is Director of HealthLAB at the Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Professor Dan Bressington is Professor in Mental Health at the College of Nursing and Midwifery. He leads the Mental Health Care Research Group at the College. He also holds visiting Professor positions at La Trobe University (Melbourne) and The Hong Kong