Professor Victor Minichiello
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Faculty of The Professions
Qualifications
BA(Hons), MA, MA, PhD
Contact
| Email: | pvcdp@une.edu.au |
| Room: | FEHPS Building (E7) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3862 (or +61 2 6773 3862 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3284 |
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Professor Victor Minichiello, PhD, is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of The Professions at the University of New England. He is a College of Experts of the Australian Research Council (ARC) and Auditor for Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA). Professor Minichiello is also a Senior Adviser to the Centre of Expertise on Hospital and Health Services Management, Faculty of Public Health at Naresuan University in Thailand.
Professor Minichiello is a gerontologist, health sociologist, sexual health and public health researcher who has published over 160 research articles in international medical, health and social sciences journals and written/edited ten books on ageing, HIV/AIDS and research methods. He has attracted over $15 million dollars of external research and program funding.
His academic qualifications include Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology at McGill University, a Master of Arts (Sociology) at McMaster University, a Master of Arts (with a focus on gerontology) at Northwestern University, and his PhD from the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. His academic interests include: public health issues, health promotion, health policy, sexuality and sexual health, aged care, ageism and health seeking behaviour.
Professor Minichiello is currently Associate Editor of Biomedical Central (BMC) Public Health, and was the Associate Editor of Educational Gerontology: An International Journal and the former Editor of Venereology: The Interdisciplinary, International Journal of Sexual Health. He is on the editorial board of the Australasian Journal on Ageing and Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Professor Minichiello was an Associate Health Researcher on a funded project by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Infrastructure Grant at the Centre on Aging, University of Victoria (Canada), and a core research member of the ARC/NHMRC Ageing Well Network.
He recently edited a special issue on Men's Health for Health Sociology Review.
Examples of community work in terms of changing attitudes and informing public discussion include:
- ageism (Old timers, they're a changin' and Preparing for the seachange);
- men's health (Male Reproductive Health);
- rural health (Rural Health); and
- sexual health ('Older people unaware of their HIV status', 'Over 50's-new AIDS risk group' and 'Seniors' attitudes toward sex').