Public Health

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Discipline of Public Health
Academic and Administration staff located at
Level 7, 178 North Terrace
Mail Drop DX650 550
Email

Telephone: +61 8 8313 4637

Discipline of Public Health
Research and Data Management located at
Level 6, Bice Building
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Mail Drop DX650 511

Facsimile: +61 8 8223 4075

Discipline of Public Health
Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA)
located at
Level 7, 178 North Terrace
Mail Drop DX650 545

Telephone: +61 8303 4617
Facsimile: +61 8303 6899

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA

(Country and interstate callers toll free on 1800 061 459)

Ruth Walker
B.A (Hons), Ph.D.(Adel), Public Health
Lecturer

Location:
Room 906, Level 9, 10 Pulteney St

Email:
ruth.walker@adelaide.edu.au

Phone:
+61 8 8303 3591

Disciplinary orientation:
Psychology, Social epidemiology

Areas of Interest:
Women’s Health; Maternal health; Older women’s health; The influence of neighbourhood factors on health; Health promotion and Health services research.

Current projects:

Older women’s perceptions of health-supporting neighbourhood factors in metropolitan Adelaide
Preliminary work on the effect of spousal relationships in very late life on health and wellbeing

Teaching:
Ruth co-ordinates the Public Health Honours Program and is a lecturer for Public Health I