Professor Melissa Haswell

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Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work

Melissa Haswell acknowledges the Turrbal, Jagera and Jinibara people as the Traditional Owners of the unceeded Lands upon which she lives and conducts her work.


Personal details

Positions

Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work

Research field

Public health

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

  • PhD (University of London)

Professional memberships and associations


  • International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (Member of the Scientific Committee for ISEE Conference 2017);
  • International Association for the Prevention of Suicide
  • Climate and Health Alliance
  • Public Health Association Australia (Ecology and Environment Special Interest Group & Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group)
  • Doctors for the Environment Australia (Honorary Member)
  • Protect Sydney’s Water Alliance

Teaching

Previous Unit Coordination and Delivery at QUT

  • PUN620 Concepts of Environmental Health
  • PUN015 Environmental Management and Sustainability
  • PUN617 Health, Safety and Environment Leadership and Management
  • PUP415 Occupational Health

Awards

  • QUT Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence; Faculty of Health Cultural Safety and Indigenous Issues School Champion, Inclusive and Diversity Excellence (2021)
  • CAPHIA (Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australiasia) Award for Excellence in Public Health Teaching (2018)
  • UNSW Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for Programs that Enhance Learning; Team Award with Muru Marri (with Lisa Jackson Pulver, Megan Williams, Sally Fitzpatrick) (2014)
  • Post-Graduate Supervision Award, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW (2013)

Other Teaching Experience

  • Academic Lead for the Service Learning in Indigenous Communities unit of study delivered by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) Portfolio at the University of Sydney (2020-present)
  • Established and led a University of Queensland Torres Strait Island micro-campus, recruited and managed academic affairs for four student cohorts leading to over 20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates from Far North Queensland (1998-2002)
  • Delivered 14 different undergraduate courses within the Bachelor of Applied Health Science (Indigenous Primary Health Care) degree; University of Queensland Brisbane and Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area campuses (1996-1998)
  • Developed and delivered four postgraduate electives in the Masters of Public Health (University of Queensland and University of New South Wales) in Environmental Health (6 times); Indigenous Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan (5 times); Mental Health Promotion; Psychosocial Aspects of Traumatic Loss (2002-2016)

Experience

Publications

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/melissa.haswell

Supervision