Portrait of Dr. Geraldine Vaughan

Dr. Geraldine Vaughan

PhD, MPH, MPET, GradCertTE, BSocSci

Lecturer - Public Health

School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences

Appleton Institute

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About Me

Dr Geraldine Vaughan's teaching and research interests are predominantly in public health, with a particular focus on women's health, communicable diseases and regional and remote communities.

Other developing research interests include the impact of climate change on health, with a particular interest in bushfire through her volunteer work in a rural fire service; and learning and teaching in public health.

 

General

Universities Studied At

University of Technology Sydney (2019 PhD: Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy: gaps and facilitators of care)

University of New South Wales (2011 Master of Public Health, Infectious Diseases Specialisation)

Central Queensland University (2022 Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education)

Deakin University Australia (2004 Master of Professional Education and Training, IT Specialisation)

Universities Worked At

University of Technology Sydney

University of New South Wales, Australia

Awards

NHMRC Post-graduate award scholarship

Professional Memberships

Public Health Assocation of Australia, (Women's Health Special Interest Group)

Industry Reports

Lead author, Chapter on women and girls in the 2020 Australian Guideline on 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Research Supervision

Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

  • 4206 Public health

Current Capacity

I am currently available to supervise more research candidates

Current Supervision

Doctor of Philosophy
Linguistic Isolation and its impact on mental health stigma and access to mental health services for the Arabic speaking Community in Australia.
Associate Supervisor

Research Interests

Education

Curriculum and Pedagogy - Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified

Health Sciences

Epidemiology - Social epidemiology

Health Sciences

Health services and systems - Rural and remote health services

Health Sciences

Public health - Social determinants of health

Indigenous Studies

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies health and wellbeing

Publications

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Teaching

Higher Education

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Vocational Education and Training

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