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 |
Link to further information about Professor Minichiello's:
- Areas of teaching
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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 a gerontologist, health sociologist, and asexual health and public health researcher who has published over 120 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.
Professor Minichiello received a 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, sexual health, aged care, ageism and health seeking behaviour.
Professor Minichiello was the Associate Editor of Educational Gerontology: An International Journal and the former Editor of Venereology: The Interdisciplinary, International Journal of Sexual Health (1994-98), and is on the editorial board of the Australasian Journal on Ageing.
Professor Minichiello is 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 is currently editing a special issue on Men's Health for Health Sociology Review and, if you have a manuscript you would like to submit, please contact Professor Minichiello.
Examples of some 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)
- sexual health ('Older people unaware of their HIV status', 'Over 50's-new AIDS risk group' and 'Seniors' attitudes toward sex').