Staff listing

The School of Health and Social Development is a large and diverse school, with staff that specialise across allied health, inclusion, disability, environment and social work. 

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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