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Biography
My research critically engages with how data about people and populations is produced and used. I'm interested in the logics shaping novel data intensive and algorithmic technologies in public health - with particular attention to their implications for health and social equity. I combine expertise in sociology, public health, political economy, social policy, and science and technology studies, with experience in policy and evaluation from...view more
My research critically engages with how data about people and populations is produced and used. I'm interested in the logics shaping novel data intensive and algorithmic technologies in public health - with particular attention to their implications for health and social equity. I combine expertise in sociology, public health, political economy, social policy, and science and technology studies, with experience in policy and evaluation from roles in community health and NSW Health.
Supervision:
I am currently available to supervise research projects within coursework (e.g. MPH), Independent Learning Projects (ILP) and to advise on PhD projects. I am not currently available for PhD supervision.
Research Interests:
public health, social change, global political economy, digital health technologies, risk, social studies of finance, prevention and harm reduction, economic sociology, feminist studies of science and technology.
Teaching:
I convene Health Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health (PHCM9012). I have over a decade of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in Public Health, Arts & Humanities, Social Policy and Social Science programs.
Additional Roles at UNSW:
Director, School of Population Health Advocacy Lab https://www.unsw.edu.au/medicine-health/our-schools/population-health/student-life/advocacy-lab
Society Memberships & Professional Activities:
Data Justice Research Network (UNSW), Media Futures Hub (UNSW)
NSW Branch Executive member, Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)
Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA)
My Grants
2018 - Scientia Scholarship
My Qualifications
PHD, MPH, BA (Hons)
My Engagement
I currently serve on the NSW Branch Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). My primary advocacy role for the branch is in public health's responses to climate change.
My Teaching
I teach to promote critical thinking, foster the application of course content to real world contexts and to empower students to unpack and address a range of challenging social questions. Creating dynamic and participatory learning environments that make learning new things less intimidating is my passion.
I am Senior Lecturer in PHCM9012 Health Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health. I have over ten years of experience teaching courses in contemporary political economy, surveillance and the politics of public health, theories of social change and contemporary society.
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ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-9501