Professor Stuart Wark

Professor in Rural Medicine - School of Rural Medicine

Phone: +61 2 6773 2204

Biography

In 2023, Stuart Wark is the Year 2 Clinical Academic Coordinator in the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England. He has a three-decade working history in the community and public health sector, and retains strong relationships with both rural and metropolitan Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). Stuart has sat on state and national advisory committees, has been both chair and secretary of a Clinical Practice Forum for rural health practitioners, and is currently a Committee Member for the NSW Division of the Australian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID), and a Director of the national ASID Board.

Stuart currently teaches across the first three years of the Joint Medical Program. He supervises honours and PhD students in the fields of intellectual disability, ageing and/or public health.

Qualifications

BA (Hons), PhD

Awards

2013 Churchill Fellowship
2018 Endeavour Fellowship

Teaching Areas

Public Health
Research Methods (Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods)
Consultation Skills
Mental Health

Research Interests

Intellectual disability
Ageing and dementia
End of life / palliative care
Mental health
Rurality
Carer health

Publications

https://rune.une.edu.au/web/cris/rp/rp03854

Memberships

Registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA No. PSY0001655073)
Founding Member, Disability Professionals New South Wales (DPNSW)
Founding Member, Disability Professionals Australia
Founding Member, National Disability Practitioners
Committee Member, Australian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID) - NSW
Director, ASID (National)
Member, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID)

Consultancy Interests

Intellectual disability
Ageing / Gerontology
Palliative / End of Life Care
Rurality
Mental Health