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The School of Public Health will improve the health of all people through building the public health workforce of tomorrow and leading solution-focused research today.

Study with us at the School of Public Health and you’ll be part of a leading research, teaching and service organisation making a significant, positive impact on your community. 

Focusing on primary disease prevention, optimal, evidence-based disease management, and equity in health care, our work has a genuine influence on health policy and practice—and will prepare you to do the same.

Head of School

Professor Tracy Merlin is Head of the School of Public Health and Deputy Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. She is a clinical epidemiologist and methodologist in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and evidence-based health policy.

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Diabetes and heart disease researchers funded

University of Adelaide’s Dr Emma Solly and Dr Sivabaskari Pasupathy will share in the latest round of funding from The Hospital Research Foundation Group’s Advancing Care and Treatment of Chronic Conditions in Priority Populations competitive grant round.

Humans and AI in new collaboration for endometriosis classification

University of Adelaide researchers have identified a new approach for endometriosis classification, believed to be the first of its kind which combines both machine learning models and human knowledge.

Early career cancer researcher receives funding

The work of University of Adelaide research fellow Dr Kevin Fenix has been boosted by a grant from the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation.

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