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Career Summary

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Sydney, 14/04/2004

Research

Research keywords

  • Anthropology of the body and embodiment
  • Critical Medical Anthropology
  • Gestational surrogacy
  • Indigenous Anthropology
  • Indigenous health and well-being
  • Personhood, dividuality and social selves
  • Policy in praxis

Research expertise

Medical anthropology

Critical medical anthropology

Anthropology of the body, personhood and self

Anthropology of health and well-being

Australian Aboriginal anthropology

Indigenous health and health policy

Languages

  • German

Fields of Research

CodeDescriptionPercentage
160100Anthropology50
160104Social And Cultural Anthropology50

Memberships

Other

  • Member - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
  • Member - American Anthropological Association (AAA)
  • Fellow - Australian Anthropological Society (AAS)
  • Member - European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

Appointments

SOCA Honours Convenor
School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle (Australia)
01/01/2010

Collaboration

Medical anthropology, Critical medical anthropology, Australian Aboriginal anthropology, Indigenous health, Indigenous health policy, Anthropology of the body, personhood and self, Anthropology of health and well-being.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • (Critical) Medical Anthropology
  • Body, Personhood and Self
  • Feminism
  • Social change
  • Sociology and Anthropology Honours
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Publications

No publications.

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants4
Total funding$9,000

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2011 (1 grants)

Traces, Tidemarks and Legacies (AAA2011), Montreal, QC, Canada, 16 - 20 Novemeber 2011$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts

Project Team
Doctor Daniela Heil
SchemeRole
Travel GrantChief Investigator
Total AmountFunding StartFunding Finish
$1,50020112012
GNo:G1100747

2010 (1 grants)

Circulation, Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA,, 17 - 21 November 2010$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts

Project Team
Doctor Daniela Heil
SchemeRole
Travel GrantChief Investigator
Total AmountFunding StartFunding Finish
$1,50020102011
GNo:G1000877

2009 (2 grants)

Caring to Close the Gap: Indigenous Health in Policy and Practice$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Daniela Heil
SchemeRole
New Staff GrantChief Investigator
Total AmountFunding StartFunding Finish
$5,00020092009
GNo:G0190607

The End/s of Anthropology, Philadelphia, USA, 2-6 December 2009$1,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts

Project Team
Doctor Daniela Heil
SchemeRole
Travel GrantChief Investigator
Total AmountFunding StartFunding Finish
$1,00020092009
GNo:G0190331
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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions2
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL1.05

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

CommencedProposed
Completion
ProgramSupervisor TypeResearch Title
20122016PhD (Sociology & Anthropology)Principal SupervisorThe Experiential Constituting of Everyday Life for Central African Refugee Women Living in Australia
20082017PhD (Sociology & Anthropology)Co-SupervisorThe Politics and Experience of Contemporary Motherhood

Past Supervision

YearProgramSupervisor TypeResearch Title
2013PhD (Sociology & Anthropology)Co-SupervisorA Sociological Investigation of Trust in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use
2012PhD (Sociology & Anthropology)Co-SupervisorObesity is Killing our People: Social Constructions of Obesity and the Impact on the Health and Well-being of Maori and Pacific Island Migrants in Australia
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Dr Daniela Heil

Work Phone(02) 4921 6790
Fax(02) 4921 6902
Email
PositionLecturer
School of Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Education and Arts
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Focus AreaSociology and Anthropology
Office
W343,
Behavioural Sciences Building,
Callaghan
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia
URL:www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/daniela-heil