Head of School of Health and Social Development
Professor Jennifer Watts
Professor Jennifer Watts is the Head of School of Health and Social Development. She is a health economist and over the past 20 years she has established a strong record in health economics, in both teaching and research.
Key contacts
Professor Jennifer Watts, Head of School, School of Health and Social Development
Professor Beth Crisp, Deputy Head of School
Sally Speirs, School Manager
Dr Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning
Professor Lisa Barnett, Associate Head of School, Research
Berni Murphy, Associate Head of School, International and Partnerships
Professor Tony LaMontagne, Director, Determinants of Health
Professor Suzanne Robinson, Director, Deakin Health Economics
Anna Peeters, Director, Institute for Health Transformation
Professor Steven Allender, Director, Obesity Prevention Unit
Vanesa Angelevski, Executive Officer
Discipline leads
Associate Professor Angela Dew, Discipline Lead, Disability and Inclusion
Professor Beth Crisp, Discipline Lead, Social Work
Associate Professor Kirk Reed, Discipline Lead, Occupational Therapy
Dr Claire Henderson-Wilson, Discipline Lead, Health Society and Environment
Dr Matthew Dunn, Discipline Lead, Public Health and Health Promotion
Dr Judi Parson, Discipline Lead, Play Therapy
Our people
Academic
Dr Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Lecturer, Public Health
Dr Rojan Afrouz, Lecturer, Social Work
Professor Steven Allender, Professor
Dr Fiona Andrews, Senior Lecturer
Professor Lisa Barnett, Associate Head of School, Research
Norma Barrett, Lecturer in Public Health And Health Promotion
Professor Catherine Bennett, Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Epidemiology
Jean Borg, Lecturer, Play Therapy
Rhiannon Breguet, Lecturer, Play Therapy
Nicole Bruges, Lecturer
Teresa Capetola, Lecturer
Madi Cashin, Lecturer
Emma Clark, Lecturer, Occupational Therapy
Professor Beth Crisp, Deputy Head of School
Dr Angela Daddow, Senior Lecturer
Dr Jennifer David, Lecturer
Belinda Dean, Lecturer, Play Therapy
Professor Angela Dew, Professor, Disability and Inclusion
Gemma Digby, Lecturer
Joh Donkers, Lecturer
Raelene Dundon, Lecturer, Play Therapy
Dr Priscilla Dunk-West, Associate Professor, Social Work
Dr Matthew Dunn, Senior Lecturer
Dr Sarah Epstein, Senior Lecturer
Pearse Fay, Lecturer
Dr John Fox, Lecturer in Social Work
Dr Lan Gao, Senior Lecturer, Health Economist
Dr Neetu George, Lecturer
Phoebe Godfrey, Lecturer, Play Therapy
Professor Lisa Gold, Professor
Dr Natalie Hadiprodjo, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Claire Henderson-Wilson, Associate Professor
Tamara Holmes, Lecturer, Social Work
Kellie Horton, Lecturer
Dr Norah Hosken, Senior Lecturer in Social Work
Dr Kate Huggins, Associate Professor
Dr Michelle Hunt, Lecturer, Social Work
Dr Shane Kavanagh, Lecturer in Public Health (Undergraduate)
Alex Kearney, Lecturer
Rachel Knight, Lecturer, Occupational Therapy
Dr Julie Kos, Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion
Dr Greer Lamaro Haintz, Lecturer
Professor Tony LaMontagne, Professor, Work Health and Wellbeing
Dr Eric Lau, Associate Professor
Dr Justin Lawson, Lecturer
Sally Logan, Lecturer Occupational Therapy
Tania Long, Lecturer in Play Therapy
Dr James Lucas, Senior Lecturer in Social Work Field
Nikki Lyons, Fieldwork Supervisor in Occupational Therapy
Caroline MacKinnon, Lecturer
Dr Nikki McCaffrey, Associate Professor
Associate Professor Fiona McKay, Associate Professor
Dr Hayley Mckenzie, Lecturer in Health Sciences
Sharryn McLean, Social Work Fieldwork Educator
Sarah McNeill, Lecturer
Dr Kevin Murfitt, Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion
Berni Murphy, Associate Head of School, International and Partnerships
Associate Professor Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning
Claire Niven, Lecturer in Play Therapy
Dr Sonia Nuttman, Lecturer, Health
Rebekah Omond, Lecturer
Dr Amie O'Shea, Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion
Ange Parrish, Lecturer, Indigenous Curriculum
Dr Judi Parson, Senior Lecturer, Child Play Therapy
Associate Professor Genevieve Pepin, Associate Professor
Alice Pratt, Lecturer, Occupational Therapy
Associate Professor Kirk Reed, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Kate Renshaw, Lecturer in Play Therapy
Kieva Richards, Lecturer
Dr Kim Robinson, Senior Lecturer in Social Work
Professor Suzanne Robinson, Chair and Head, Deakin Health Economics
Bridget Sarah, Lecturer, Play Therapy
Dr Russell Shuttleworth, Senior Lecturer
Dr Louisa Smith, Senior Lecturer, Disability and Inclusion
Rebecca Stockdale, Lecturer in Public Health
Dr Claudia Strugnell, Senior Lecturer
Dr Patricia Taylor, Lecturer
Professor Samantha Thomas, Professor, Public Health
Associate Professor Hassan Vally, Associate Professor Epidemiology
Dr Sevi Vassos, Senior Lecturer
Dr Chloe Wadley, Lecturer of Occupational Therapy
Tamara Wanklyn, Lecturer
Dr Elyse Warner, Lecturer
Valerie Watchorn, Senior Lecturer
Lucinda Watson, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Dr Joanne Watson, Senior Lecturer, Disability and Inclusion
Professor Jennifer Watts, Head of School Health and Social Development
Kathleen West, Social Work Fieldwork Educator
Judy Wookey, Social Work Fieldwork Educator
Associate Professor Serene Yoong, Associate Professor, Implementation Science and Health Services
Research
Sadika Akhter, Dean's Research Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr Jaithri Ananthapavan, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mary Rose Angeles, Associate Research Fellow, Health System Financing and Sustainability
Professor Kathryn Backholer, Professor
Bettina Backman, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Miranda Blake, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Senior Research Fellow
Dr Tara Boelsen-Robinson, Dean's Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Shalika Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, Research Fellow
Andrew Brown, Research Fellow
Dr Victoria Brown, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Jennifer Browne, Senior Research Fellow
Jessica Bucholc, Research Fellow, Project Coordinator
Associate Professor Adrian Cameron, DECRA Associate Professor
Jasmine Chan, Associate Research Fellow, Food Policy
Oxana Chiotelis, Research Fellow
Dr Jennifer David, Research Fellow
Sarah Dean, Associate Research Fellow
Tiana Felmingham, Associate Research Fellow - STAMP
Tari Forrester-Bowling, Research Fellow
Penny Fraser, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Cadeyrn Gaskin, Senior Research Fellow
Elena Gospodarevskaya, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Adyya Gupta, Dean's Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Josh Hayward, Research Fellow Grade 2
Dr Karen Hill, Research Fellow, Aboriginal Health
Monique Hillenaar, Project Manager and Implementation Coach
Dr Danielle Hitch, Senior Research Fellow
Oliver Huse, Associate Research Fellow
Francis Ip, Senior Research Fellow, Health Technology Assessment
Dr Michelle Jackson, Research Manager and System Specialist
Dr Jane Jacobs, Data Manager
Kripi Ravish Khanna, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Kelemu Kibret, Executive Dean Health Research Fellow
Dr Anita Lal, Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics (Cancer)
Neha Lalchandani, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Ha Le, Executive Dean Health Research Fellow
Dr Peter Lee, Research Fellow
Dr Gloria Leung, Research Fellow
Dr Nic Lister, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Ann Livingstone, Research Fellow
Dr Navoda Liyana Pathirana, Research Fellow
Melanie Lum, Associate Research Fellow
Josephine Marshall, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Florentine Martino, Research Fellow, Vic Health
Dr Emiliano Mazzoli, Executive Dean Research Fellow
Dr Simone McCarthy, Research Fellow
Dr Alemayehu Mekonnen, Research Fellow
Siti Mohamad Asfia, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Shaan Naughton, Research Fellow, Grade 2
Dr Cindy Needham, Research Fellow
Phuong Nguyen, Research Fellow
Brandon Nguyen, Associate Research Fellow
Dieu Nguyen, Research Fellow
Dr Melanie Nichols, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Siobhan O'Halloran, Research Fellow - STAMP
Dr Patrick Owen, Research Fellow
Dr Hannah Pitt, Research Fellow, Vic Health
Jaimie Poorter, Associate Research Fellow - STAMP
Sil-ling Pruis, Research Fellow
Dr Sean Randall, Senior Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Health Economics
Dr Erica Reeve, Alfred Deakin Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Professor Gary Sacks, Professor, Research
Dr Feby Savira, Research Fellow
Dr Tailane Scapin, Research Fellow
Lauren Sheppard, Research Fellow
Dr Kate Sievert, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Marufa Sultana, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Elise Tan, Research Fellow
Sue Taylor, Research Fellow Grade 2
Dr Fisaha Tesfay, Research Fellow
Utsana Tonmukayakul, Research Fellow Grade 2
Dr Anna Urbanowicz, Senior Research Fellow
Sithara Wanni Arachchige Dona, Associate Research Fellow, Deakin Health Economics
Nikita Wheaton, Associate Research Fellow, Systems
Dion Williams, Research Assistant
Dr Ben Wood, Research Fellow
Sandra Younie, Snr Research Fellow - Health Eco.
Associate Professor Silva Zavarsek, Associate Professor (Health Technology Assessment)
Dr Christina Zorbas, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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