Einladung zum Gastvortrag

“Australian Rural and Remote Health
and the Impact of the Australian Health Care System“

von Professor Dr. John S. Humphreys
Professor of Rural Health Research
Monash University School of Rural Health
Bendigo Central
AUSTRALIA

am Dienstag, 23.09.2008 um 14.00 Uhr

im Seminarraum 341 (3. Etage) - Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Biometrie - Löscherstraße 18, 01309 Dresden


John Humphreys is Professor of Rural Health Research in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University . John was educated at the University of Melbourne and Monash University, and has worked at several universities in Australia and overseas, including the Ohio State University, the University of London; Monash University, James Cook University of North Queensland, the Swinburne University of Technology, the Australian National University, the University of New England, and La Trobe University in Bendigo where he was Head of the School of Health and Human Sciences.

In addition to his academic career, John has worked in the Victorian Health Commission and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Human Services in Canberra where he took a lead role in developing the first National Rural Health Strategy 1994 and later the National Rural Health Strategy Update 1996. In 1999 John was a facilitator and a member of the Implementation Committee for the Regional Australia Summit auspiced by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department of Transport and Regional Services at Parliament House Canberra. He has reviewed several national rural health programs, including the Rural Undergraduate Support and Co-ordination program in Australian Medical Schools. John has been a member of numerous reference groups and is currently a member of several Advisory Committees for the Australian Department of Health and Ageing.

Herzlich Willkommen sind insbesondere Medizin- und Public-Health-Studenten sowie Ärzte, die gern in Australien tätig sein wollen und/oder einen Kooperationspartner für wissenschaftliche Projekte suchen.


Diese Veranstaltung wird ausgerichtet von Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych. Joachim Kugler und Thomas Rotter, MPH Lehrstuhl für Gesundheitswissenschaften/ Public Health PhD-Student, Rotterdam, Niederlande