The three experts explore how their earlier clinical work has led to where they are today and the huge rewards that come from seeing research translated to policy and practice, and what this means for people living with cancer and chronic illness.

In this episode, Professor Debra Anderson explores the connection between visual arts and health promotion and uncovers Professor Dawson’s interesting journey from artist to influential health researcher, who has made a remarkable impact on improving the health and wellbeing of priority populations in Australia and low and lower-middle-income countries across the globe.  

Professor Viney talks about why it’s important to understand what matters most to people when we’re designing health services and policies and why improving social and physical wellbeing isn’t necessarily just about addressing ‘health’ outcomes.

In this episode, Associate Professor Lynn Sinclair, the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at the Faculty of Health at UTS, shares how her journey as a clinician in intensive care, mental health, midwifery and neonatal nursing has led to designing digital technologies to enhance remote and online learning.

Join us for this interesting discussion with our host, Professor Debra Anderson.

Susan is an internationally-recognised life course health researcher and public health clinician who says that we need to take a multidimensional approach to solving complex health issues and look at the range of factors affecting health and wellbeing – from the connections families have with communities, the way they access services, through to the way we design our services and our environments and so many other factors affecting health and wellbeing. 

Megan has worked for more than two decades advocating for the use of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s expertise in health service design and evaluation, research, ethics and university curriculum, especially to improve access to health care for people in prison and to prevent incarceration.

Megan tells us how her history teacher in high-school influenced her career and life’s mission and why education is a way we can start to proactively change the possibilities of what the future health workforce might be able to achieve.

In this episode, Professor Debra Anderson speaks with Distinguished Professor Tracy Levett-Jones, the Head of School, School of Nursing and Midwifery at UTS about empathy and whether it’s something we all inherently have or whether it’s a skill some of us need to work on.

Distinguished Professor Levett-Jones also shares some of the latest research from the School of Nursing and Midwifery and talks about how this research is guiding teaching and learning for students studying health at UTS.

In this episode, David shares his thoughts on how Covid-19 is continuing to shape our approach to public health and gives us an insight into some of the big health studies that are going to help improve the lives of people after stroke and with diabetes in our communities.