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 for 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
 0438611251 (via text).
tpearc20@une.edu.au
Counselling and Mental Health
NameAreas of Research/Supervision Interest
Contact details

Shara Smith

Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator Counselling and Mental Health Programs

Lecturer in Counselling and Mental Health

 

health_cc_couns@une.edu.au ssmit293@une.edu.au

Health Management and Public Health (One Health)
NameAreas of Research/Supervision Interest Contact details
Associate Professor Md Shahidul (Shahid) Islam
Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator, Health Management and Public Health       
  • Public Health
  • One Health
  • Health Management
  • eHealth
  • Mental Health
(02) 6773 3670
health_cc_hm@une.edu.au
mislam27@une.edu.au
Dr Adhir Sharma
Lecturer in Health Management
 asharma6@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
Associate Professor in Nursing
  • Carer Support
  • Disability
  • Chronic Disease
  • Family and Child Health
(02) 6773 3573
sbristow@une.edu.au

Matt Krug
Course Coordinator - Bachelor of Nursing

  • Student Retention
  • Health Management
  • Rural Workforce
  • Leadership
  • Rural and Remote Nursing
  • Emergency Nursing
  • Data Analytics

(02) 6773 4351
mkrug4@une.edu.au

health_cc_bn@une.edu.au

Dr Rikki Jones
Professor 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
Tracy Reeves

Field Clinical Placements Nursing Academic
 treeves3@une.edu.au

fcpnursing_academic@une.edu.au
Dr Tash Hawkins
Lecturer in Nursing
 (02) 6773 1545
nhawki20@une.edu.au

Dr Anthea Fagan

Lecturer in Nursing

  (02) 6773 3657

afagan2@une.edu.au
Apsara  Ahir Tharu
Lecturer in Nursing
 (02) 6773 5351
aahirth2@une.edu.au
Desiree Binuya
Lecturer in Nursing
Academic Casual Staff Coordinator
 (02) 6773 5367
mbinuya2@une.edu.au
Elaine Towner

Lecturer in Nursing
  (02) 6773 2928

etowner2@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
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
Traci Travers
Lecturer in Nursing
 ttraver2@une.edu.au
Ida Twist itwist2@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
Dr Louise Morley
Course Coordinator - Bachelor of Social Work

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
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
Interdisciplinary
NameAreas of Research/Supervision Interest Contact details
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
Dr Benjamin Chant
Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Health Research
 bchant3@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
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

A/Prof Ben Greatrex
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy 
 

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

Dr. Amy Buckley
Lecturer in Pharmacology
 Phone: 02 6773 3492
Email: abuckl23@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 MorganSenior Clinical Laboratory Coordinator  (02) 6773 2325
mmorga26@une.edu.au
Avilashni SewakClinical Laboratory Technical Officer (Parramatta Campus) (02) 6773 1386
asewak@une.edu.au
Rebecca RidgesClinical Laboratory Technical Officer Pharmacy(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
Jessie BrownAdministration Officer (02) 6773  1683
health-admin@une.edu.au
Ashleigh LuffAdministration Assistant (02) 6773 5492
health-admin@une.edu.au
Ashley HaddonAdministration Assistant (02) 6773 2632
health-admin@une.edu.au
Jill FitzgeraldWork Integrated Learning Coordinator  (02) 6773 3640
fcpwil_coord@une.edu.au
Lucinda AndersonAccreditation Support Officer (02) 6773 1590
FMH_Accreditation@une.edu.au
Alisa KennedyWork Integrated Learning Liaison Officer  (02) 6773 4533
fcp_willo@une.edu.au
Eleanor MonleyWork Integrated Learning Placement AssistantNursing(02) 6773 5518
emonley@une.edu.au
Michelle WrightWork Integrated Learning Placement Assistant (Monday - Wednesday)Nursing(02) 6773 1661
mwrigh62@une.edu.au 
Kelly WinterWork Integrated Learning 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 LockyerWork Integrated Learning Placement OfficerSocial Work (02) 6773 1914
kbrown4@une.edu.au
Jacqueline HolmesWork Integrated Learning Placement OfficerPharmacy(02) 6773  2151
jholmes5@une.edu.au
 Clinical Placements Office (02) 6773 4388