Our researchers
Family Studies
Professor Alan Hayes
Distinguished Professor of Family Studies and Director, Family Action Centre
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Strengthening families and communities; online wellbeing supports
- Alan.Hayes@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6859
Associate Professor Richard Fletcher
Associate Professor
Family Action Centre
Expertise: Fathers, Mental Health, Digital Parenting programs
Dr Jennifer St George
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Fathering & child development
- Jennifer.Stgeorge@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6690
Dr Graeme Stuart
Lecturer
Family Action Centre
Expertise: Strengths-based practice, community engagement and nonviolent relationships
- Graeme.Stuart@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7241
Dr Jamin Day
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Family Action Centre
Expertise: Compassion-focused approaches, parenting
- jamin.day@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4033 9237
Dr Chris May
Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic
Family Action Centre|School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Co-parenting, Digital parenting programs
- Chris.May@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7224
Medical Radiation Science
Mr John Tessier
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Work integrated Learning, Computed Tomography, Diagnostic Radiography
- John.Tessier@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6718
Mrs Debra Lee
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Emotional Intelligence, Simulation
- Debra.Lee@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4913 8181
Dr Sharmaine McKiernan
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Diagnostic Radiography, Ultrasound
- Sharmaine.McKiernan@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 492 18861
No results were found
Professor Peter Stanwell
Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Medical imaging, MRI, brain injury
- Peter.Stanwell@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6586
No results were found
Mrs Melissa Shields
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Nuclear Medicine
- Melissa.Shields@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6335
Mr Cameron Younger
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Ethics, Trauma, Image Interpretation
- Cameron.Younger@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6785
Dr Daphne James
Assistant Dean Teaching and Learning
Office of the PVC Health and Medicine
Expertise: Nuclear medicine, Occupational Radiation Exposure
- Daphne.James@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5596
Mr Andrew Lloyd
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Nuclear Medicine, Positron Emission Tomography
- Andrew.Lloyd@newcastle.edu.au
- 49217069
Mr David Lyall
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Molecular Imaging
- David.Lyall@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5083
Mrs Leah Cramp
Associate Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Radiation Therapy
- Leah.Cramp@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6381
Associate Professor Anthony Smith
Academic Lead, Research
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Rural Health Workforce, Medical Radiation Practice, Health Professional Education, Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
- Tony.Smith@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 1912
Nutrition & Dietetics
Associate Professor Surinder Baines
Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Nutrition and health, Medical nutrition therapy and chronic disease management
- Surinder.Baines@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5643
Associate Professor Leanne Brown
Associate Professor
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Nutrition, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, sports nutrition, rural health and workforce development
- Leanne.Brown@newcastle.edu.au
- 67553540
Associate Professor Tracy Burrows
NHMRC Research Fellow
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Dietary intake assessment, obesity, addictive overeating
- Tracy.Burrows@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5514
Professor Clare Collins
Senior Research Fellow
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Nutrition, Diet, Dietary assessment, eHealth, telehealth, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, life stage
- Clare.Collins@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5646
Dr Susan Heaney
Placement Coordinator/Lecturer
School of Health Sciences|University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Nutrition, nutrition knowledge, sports nutrition, rural health, professional practice
- Susan.Heaney@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 4920
Dr Melinda Hutchesson
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Public health nutrition, primary prevention of chronic disease
- Melinda.Hutchesson@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5405
Associate Professor Lesley MacDonald-Wicks
Assistant Dean Research and Training
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Diet and chronic disease management, Health Conversation Skills
- Lesley.Wicks@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 492 16646
Dr Amanda Brown
Conjoint Lecturer
School of Medicine and Public Health
Expertise: Public heath nutrition, nutritional epidemiology, diet and chronic disease, mineral nutrition
Dr Kirrilly Pursey
Associate Lecturer/Casual Post Doctoral Research Assistant
School of Health Sciences|School of Medicine and Public Health
Expertise: Nutrition, disordered eating
Dr Megan Rollo
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Dietary intake assessment, digital health including telehealth, personalised nutrition
- Megan.Rollo@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5649
Miss Kirsty Seward
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Public Health Nutrition (childhood obesity prevention), Implementation Science, Private Practice (online)
Dr Tracy Schumacher
Clinical Teaching and Research Academic
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Nutritional intake, dietary assessment methodology, cardiovascular disease, risk factors for chronic disease, lifespan
- TRACY.SCHUMACHER@NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
- (02) 49216259 (Monday) (02) 67652698 (Tuesday-Friday)
Mrs Kelly Squires
Lecturer/Course Coordinator
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health|School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Nutrition, Student supervision, simulation, rural health
- Kelly.Squires@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 67553510
Miss Lisa Urquhart
Associate Lecturer Nutrition & Dietetics
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Indigenous health, rural health
- Lisa.Urquhart@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 1962
Ms Elesa Crowley
Lecturer Nutrition & Dietetics
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Paediatrics, allergy and intolerance, eating disorders and rural health
- Elesa.Crowley@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 67553516
Occupational Health & Safety
Dr Joanna Bohatko Naismith
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Return to Work
- Joanna.Bohatko-Naismith@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7038
Dr Manikam Pillay
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Organisational safety, Qualitative Research, Integrative reviews
- Manikam.Pillay@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7438
Occupational Therapy
Professor Alison Lane
Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Autism, early childhood, sensory
- Alison.Lane@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5004
No results were found
Dr Kylie Wales
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Cost-effectiveness, psychometrics, older adults
- Kylie.Wales@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7875
Dr Elysa Roberts
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Qualitative research, eating disorders, occupational science
- Elysa.Roberts@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6663
Associate Professor Samantha Ashby
Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Professional identity, professional resilience, occupational therapy theory
- Samantha.Ashby@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6341
Dr Anna Rose
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Comfort, health services research, e-health
- Anna.Rose@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7881
Mrs Gjyn O'Toole
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Communication, person-centred, cultural-responsiveness
- Gjyn.OToole@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6312
Mrs Rebecca Wolfgang
Lecturer
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Disability, clinical education, rural health
- Rebecca.Wolfgang@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 67553515
Oral Health
Associate Professor Janet Wallace
Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Oral Health & the elderly - Senior Smiles
- Janet.Wallace@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 43494564
No results were found
Dr Linda Wallace
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Oral Health & education
- Linda.Wallace@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4349 4575
Dr Jayne Jones
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Oral health Therapists management of patients with ASD
- Jayne.Jones@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 43494931
Mrs Lucia Quinn
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Oral Health & extended scope of practice
Physiotherapy
Dr Catherine Johnston
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Clinical education, cardiopulmonary physiotherapy
- Cath.Johnston@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7782
Professor Coralie English
Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Sedentary behaviour following stroke, neurological physiotherapy
- Coralie.English@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4913 8102
Dr Jenny Mackney
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, exercise testing and physiology
- Jennifer.Mackney@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7879
Associate Professor Suzanne Snodgrass
Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Movement dysfunction in chronic pain, injury risk in work and sport
- Suzanne.Snodgrass@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 2089
Dr Jodie Marquez
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Stroke rehabilitation, robotics for rehabilitation
- Jodie.Marquez@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 2041
Professor Darren Rivett
Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Clinical reasoning, joint manipulation, manual therapy
- Darren.Rivett@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5642
Dr Peter Osmotherly
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Clinical anatomy of the upper cervical spine, diagnostic statistics
- Peter.Osmotherly@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7718
Dr Luke Wakely
Senior Lecturer
University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
Expertise: Paediatric physiotherapy, rural health
- Luke.Wakely@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 6755 3513
Podiatry
Professor Viv Chuter
Professor
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Diabetes and its complications, vascular disease, Indigenous health
- Vivienne.Chuter@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4349 4424
Dr Fiona Hawke
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Lower limb cramps, Indigenous health
- Fiona.Hawke@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4349 4549
Dr Peta Tehan
Senior Lecturer/Project Coordinator
School of Health Sciences|School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Lower limb vascular disease, diabetes complications, rheumatoid arthritis
- Peta.Tehan@newcastle.edu.au
- 02 43494541
Dr Sean Lanting
Clinical Educator
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Diabetes and its complications, vascular disease
- Sean.Lanting@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4349 4784
Dr Andrea Coda
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, health technologies
- ANDREA.CODA@NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
- (02) 43484507
Mrs Sarah Casey
Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Expertise: Lower limb vascular disease, clinical assessments, diabetes complications
- Sarah.Casey@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4348 4205
School contacts
School Executive Officer
- Ms Pam Zorn
Executive Officer