Biography
Goran Strkalj is an anatomist and biological anthropologist. He obtained his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1996. Prior to his arrival to UNSW he worked at the University of the Witwatersrand (2000-2008), Macquarie University (2008-2019) and Flinders University (2022-2023) where he was Discipline Lead for Anatomy, Histology and Pathology in the College of Medicine and Public Health. As a Research Fellow he was...view more
Goran Strkalj is an anatomist and biological anthropologist. He obtained his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1996. Prior to his arrival to UNSW he worked at the University of the Witwatersrand (2000-2008), Macquarie University (2008-2019) and Flinders University (2022-2023) where he was Discipline Lead for Anatomy, Histology and Pathology in the College of Medicine and Public Health. As a Research Fellow he was affiliated with the Institute of Ethnography of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Welcome Trust Center for the History of Medicine at UCL. He acted as an associate editor for the journals Adler Museum Bulletin, Mankind Quarterly and BMC Medical Education. Prof. Strkalj's main research interests are in the anatomical sciences education, human biodiversity, body donation and history of anatomical sciences.
My Qualifications
Dip Nursing, BA, MA, PhD
My Awards
Faculty of Science Teaching Award, Macquarie University, 2012
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Learning and Teaching, Macquarie University, 2018
Wiley Top-Cited Article for 2020-2021 Award (co-author)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2022
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
I am available to supervise ILP, Honours, Masters and PhD in the following areas:
Anatomy education
Body donation
Human biological variation
Currently supervising
2 PhD students at UNSW.
Location
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0973-0707
Research Activities
Service to Medical Education: teaching undergraduate medical students and postgraduate students, training doctors and other health professions in Australia and globally
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