Dr Jacqueline Epps
Associate Professor - School of Rural Medicine
Email: jepps@une.edu.au
Biography
Born and raised in Armidale, A/Prof Epps completed her medical degree at UNSW and undertook her Junior Medical Officer training in Orange, NSW as NSW RDN Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadet. She continued her training as an RACGP Rural Stream Registrar in Central West NSW, and practised as a GP and Visiting Medical Officer in the region. On returning to Armidale in 2010, she took up the position of Senior Lecturer in General Practice in the School of Rural Medicine at UNE. In this role, A/Prof Epps has taught Years 1 and 3 of the Joint Medical Program (JMP) Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine.
Dr Epps has 20 years’ experience as a rural clinician and GP, with provision of both practice and hospital-based medical care, supervision and teaching of medical students and recently graduated doctors, and as a GP academic. She is passionate about Rural Health, Rural Medical Education, and One Health, including research in these fields to improve health outcomes for rural communities.
