Associate Professor Rebecca Fanany

My original training in Public Health was in the field of Environmental and Occupational Health and I am a registered sanitarian. I worked in compliance at the state and federal level in the United States before entering the academic environment in Australia.While I remain interested in these aspects of Public Health, I now work mostly in the areas of cultural consonance and the impact of language and culture issues in the experience of health and illness.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: BA with High Distinction (Life Sciences/History of Medicine)

University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN : MS (Environmental and Occupational Health)

University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS: PhD (Public Health)

University of Tasmania (1993-1998)

La Trobe University (2009-2012)

Deakin University (1998-2006 and 2012-2018)

Deakin University Excellence in Teaching Award, 2004

Risk Assessment Officer, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN

Compliance Safety and Health Officer, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department of Labor, Chicago, IL

Course Manager, Personal Injury Education Foundation, WorkCover Victoria

Australian Public Health Association

Australian health Promotion Association

Language and culture as determinants of health

Cultural consonance

The experience of aging

Health issues in Indonesia

Consultant to WHO-SEARO and UNESCAP on Indonesia