Staff

Head of School

Name Contact details

(02) 6773 5554

hoshealth@une.edu.au

Academic Staff by Discipline

Community Services

Name

Areas of Research/Supervision Interest Contact details
Dr Stuart Robertson
Course Coordinator  Community Services Programs
 
Lecturer in Community Services
  • Disability
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
  • Remote and Regional Communities
  • Service Delivery in Remote and Regional Communities
  • Community Development
  • Impact of Extractive Industries on Remote Communities
(02) 6773 2493
health_cc_bcs@une.edu.au
stuart.robertson@une.edu.au
Dr Tania Pearce
Lecturer in Health and Community Care
 (02) 6657 5398
tpearc20@une.edu.au
Counselling and Mental Health
NameAreas of Research/Supervision Interest
Contact details

Louise Taylor
Course Coordinator Counselling and Mental Health Program

Lecturer in Counselling and Mental Health Programs

 

(02) 6773 3506
health_cc_couns@une.edu.au 
ltaylo41@une.edu.au

Shara Smith
Lecturer in Counselling and Mental Health Programs

 

ssmit293@une.edu.au

Health Management
NameAreas of Research/Supervision Interest Contact details
Dr Md Shahidul (Shahid) Islam
Senior Lecturer in Health, Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator, Health Management and Public Health       
  • Public Health
  • One Health
  • Health Management
  • Health Care and Service
  • eHealth
  • Mental Health
  • COVID-19
  • HIV/AIDS
(02) 6773 3670
health_cc_hm@une.edu.au
mislam27@une.edu.au
Dr Judy Humphries
Lecturer in Health
  • Nature and prevalence of use of complementary medicine in Australia
  • Models for the education and training of CAM practitioners, and the roles of and interactions between University and vocational sector providers
  • CAM in medical curriculum
  • Relationships between CAM and medical practitioners, particularly in rural areas
  • Integration of vocational training into higher education
(02) 6773 3953
jharris2@une.edu.au
Meredith Kellahan
Lecturer in Health
 (02) 6773 1106
Meredith.Kellahan@une.edu.au
Nusrat Jahan
Lecturer in Health
 (02) 6773 1122
njahan3@une.edu.au
Nursing
NameAreas of Research/Supervision Interest Contact details
Professor Kim Usher
Professor in Nursing
  • Mental health (including substance use)
  • Patient safety issues
  • Disasters
  • Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
  • Young peoples’ health
(02) 6773 2975
kusher@une.edu.au
Dr Sally Bristow
Discipline Lead for Nursing 
 
Lecturer in Nursing
  • Carer Support
  • Disability
  • Chronic Disease
  • Family and Child Health
(02) 6773 3573
health_dl_nursing@une.edu.au
sbristow@une.edu.au
Elaine Towner
Course Coordinator Nursing Programs

Lecturer in Nursing
  (02) 6773 2928
health_cc_bn@une.edu.au
etowner2@une.edu.au

Dr Anthea Fagan
Field Clinical Placements Nursing Academic

Lecturer in Nursing

  (02) 6773 3657
fcpnursing_academic@une.edu.au
afagan2@une.edu.au
Dr Shou-Yu Cindy Wang
Senior Lecturer in Nursing
  • Cancer Nursing
  • Palliative Care
  • Chronic Illness Patients and Family
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Qualitative Research
  • Grounded Theory
  • Mix Methods
(02) 6773 2912
cindy.wang@une.edu.au
Dr Irene Ikafa
Lecturer in Nursing
  • Clinical confidence/competence in mental health nursing
  • Clinical experiences of undergraduate nurses
  • Grief and loss
  • Mental health
  • Mental health promotion
  • Migration and acculturation
  • Nurse education
  • Therapeutic relationship
(02) 6773 5682
iikafa@une.edu.au
Dr Rikki Jones
Lecturer in Nursing
  • Emergency Nursing
  • Prehospital Emergency Care
  • First Responder
  • Rural and Remote Nursing Care
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health
  • Curriculum Development and Learning Design
  • Mixed Methods Research and use of Medical Records for Data Extraction
(02) 6773 1713
rjones66@une.edu.au
Dr Tash Hawkins
Lecturer in Nursing
 (02) 6773 1545
nhawki20@une.edu.au
Reshin Maharaj

Senior Lecturer in Nursing - Sydney Campus
  • Mental Health
  • Chronic Diseases
  • Qualitative Research
  • Mixed Methods Research

(02) 6773  5971
reshin.maharaj@une.edu.au 

Matt Krug
Lecturer in Nursing
Academic Casual Staff Coordinator

  • Student Retention
  • Health Management
  • Rural Workforce
  • Leadership
  • Rural and Remote Nursing
  • Emergency Nursing
  • Data Analytics
(02) 6773 4351
mkrug4@une.edu.au
Apsara  Ahir Tharu
Lecturer in Nursing
 (02) 6773 5351
aahirth2@une.edu.au
Desiree Binuya
Lecturer in Nursing
 (02) 6773 5367
mbinuya2@une.edu.au
Jenyfer Joy
Lecturer in Nursing - Sydney Campus
 (02) 6773 1543
Jenyfer.Joy@une.edu.au
Melissa Mowle
Lecturer in Nursing  
 (02) 6773 1371
Melissa.Mowle@une.edu.au
Monique Nelson
Nurse Educator - Sydney Campus
 (02) 6773 3647
mnelso34@une.edu.au
 Social Work
NameAreas of Research/InterestContact Details

Professor Myfanwy Maple
Professor in Social Work

  • Lived, and living, experiences of suicide
  • Suicide (prevention, intervention and postvention)
  • Traumatic loss and grief
  • Mental health and illness, particularly in regional areas
  • Family and community contexts
  • Indigenous issues
  • Rural student education, in particular for social work
  • Embedded evaluations, co-creation methods
  • Qualitative methods, in particular, narrative inquiry
(02) 6773 3661
mmaple2@une.edu.au
Associate Professor Sarah Wayland
Discipline Lead for Social Work and Community Services Programs
  • Missing people – returned people, police workforce needs, media representation
  • Suicide (prevention, intervention and postvention)
  • Mental health and illness
  • Family and community contexts
  • Qualitative methods, in particular, narrative inquiry.
0415558735 (via text)
health_dl_swcs@une.edu.au
swaylan2@une.edu.au
Dr Louise Morley
Course Coordinator Academic Social Work Programs

Senior Lecturer in Social Work
  • Practitioner experiences of practice, especially in child welfare
  • Child protection policy
  • Social work with vulnerable families in complex circumstances
  • Unpacking complex organisational issues that impact social work practice
  • Developing philosophy for practice
  • Family and domestic violence in rural communities and primary prevention
  • Community development
(02) 6773 4537
health_cc_swa@une.edu.au
lmorley4@une.edu.au

Dr Samantha  Lukey
Course Coordinator Social Work Practice
Senior Lecturer in Social Work

  • Aboriginal children in Out of Home Care
  • The impacts of cumulative natural disasters on First Nations communities
  • Aboriginal practitioners’ experiences of practice in Aboriginal Out of Home Care
  • Ally ship in decolonising practice
slukey@une.edu.au
health_cc_swip@une.edu.au 
Eden Bailey
Lecturer in Social Work
 ebaile29@une.edu.au
Joanne Parker
Field Education Coordinator
 jparke37@une.edu.au
Carrie Maclure Project Manager
Social Work in Schools (SWiS) 
 (02) 6773  3722
SWIS@une.edu.au
Research Fellow
NameAreas of Research/Supervision Interest Contact details
Pharmacy
NameAreas of Research / Supervision InterestContact Details
Professor Mary Bebawy
Professor of Pharmacy
Discipline Lead for Pharmacy
 Phone: 02 6773 3918 mbebawy@une.edu.au
Professor Greg Smith
Professor of Pharmacology
  
Email: Greg.Smith2@une.edu.au

A/Prof Joy Spark 
Associate Professor of Pharmacy

  • Person centred care
  • Pharmacy education
  • Pharmacy practice
  • Compounding

Phone: 02 6773 1705
Email: jspark@une.edu.au

Dr Ben Greatrex
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy 
 

Phone: 02 6773 5100
Email: ben.greatrex@une.edu.au

Anna Barwick
Lecturer in Clinical Placements (Pharmacy) 
 

Phone: 02 6773 3074
Email: aunger2@une.edu.au

Dr. Amy Buckley
Lecturer in Pharmacology
 Email: abuckl23@une.edu.au
Matthew West
Lecturer in Pharmacy 
  • Pharmacotherapeutics
  • Pharmacy practice
  • Pharmacology

Phone02 6773 1937
Email: mwest31@une.edu.au

Professional Staff

Head of School Office
NamePosition Contact details
Melissa FoxAssistant to Head of School(02) 6773 2343
health-admin@une.edu.au
Professional Staff in School of Health
NamePositionDiscipline Contact
Melinda Morgan
Clinical Laboratory Assistant
Clinical Laboratory Assistant  (02) 6773 2325
mmorga26@une.edu.au
Rebecca Ridges
Laboratory Technician
Pharmacy Laboratory Technician (02) 6773 2616
rridges@une.edu.au
Melissa FoxAdministration Officer (02) 6773 2343
health-admin@une.edu.au
Loren McNamaraAdministration Officer (02) 6773  1159
health-admin@une.edu.au
Emily LewisAdministration Officer (Monday - Thursday)  (02) 6773 2255
health-admin@une.edu.au
Lucinda AndersonAdministrative Assistant (02) 6773 1590
health-admin@une.edu.au
Jessie BrownAdministrative Assistant (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) (02) 6773  1683
health-admin@une.edu.au 
Jill FitzgeraldWork Integrated Learning Coordinator  (02) 6773 3640
fcpwil_coord@une.edu.au
Alisa KennedyWork Integrated Learning Liaison Officer  (02) 6773 4533
fcp_willo@une.edu.au
Sarita PerstonWork Integrated Learning Placement Assistant (Wednesday - Friday)Nursing(02) 6773 5520
spersto2@une.edu.au
Eleanor MonleyWork Integrated Learning Placement AssistantNursing(02) 6773 5518
emonley@une.edu.au
Michelle WrightWork Integrated Placement Assistant (Monday - Wednesday)Nursing(02) 6773 1661
mwrigh62@une.edu.au 
Kelly WinterWork Integrated Placement Assistant  (Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri) (Currently on Maternity Leave)  Nursing(02) 6773 1086
kwinte25@une.edu.au
Kate MulveyWork Integrated Learning Placement AssistantNursing(02) 6773 1139
kmulvey@une.edu.au
Kellie LockyerField Placement AssistantSocial Work (02) 6773 1914
kbrown4@une.edu.au
Jacqueline HolmesClinical Placement OfficrPharmacy(02) 6773  2151
jholmes5@une.edu.au
Clinical Office Nursing(02) 6773 4388