People

Learn from highly experienced lecturers while studying at the School of Public Health, you’ll be guided by numerous leaders in their fields. All our top researchers teach, and our top teachers research.

This includes areas such as: child health and development; life-course epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; social determinants of health; health technology assessment; environmental health, One health and the health impacts of climate change; health policy; maternal health; health services research and evidence-based health care. 

Additionally, our core academic staff work closely with colleagues in government, non-government organisations, and industry, many of whom hold academic titles within the school. These titleholders help ensure our teaching, research and community engagement remain grounded in the identification, analysis and resolution of real-world problems.

School office

Email: sphadmin@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 8313 4131

Key contacts

• Professor Tracy Merlin – Head of School and Deputy Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
• Associate Professor Catherine Chittleborough – Deputy Head of School and Chair, School Learning and Teaching Committee
• Associate Professor Lynne Giles – Chair, School Research Committee
• Associate Professor Jaklin Eliott – Higher Degree by Research Postgraduate Coordinator
• Meredith Couchman - School Business Manager 

Academic and professional staff

Please visit the School of Public Health staff directory and/or

• Adelaide Exposure Science and Health
• Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA)
• BetterStart | Health and Development Research
• Communities, People and Health Research Group
• Environment and Health Research Group
• Health Workforce Planning Group
• Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact
• JBI
• Life Course and Intergenerational Health Group

Titleholders

Visit the titleholders webpage for information on how to become a titleholder and resources for existing titleholders. 

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