Michelle Morgan

Biography

Michelle Morgan is a doctoral candidate at the University of Tasmania, supported by the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, and a policy officer at the Tasmanian Department of Health, Australia. In these integrated roles, Michelle is exploring how systems thinking can support local government, to improve community health and wellbeing. Michelle has worked in a variety of health improvement and leadership roles in the Tasmanian Government over the past 15 years. Recently, this work has included building systems thinking capacity in public health—both within the workforce and through the development and teaching of postgraduate curriculum. Michelle’s work is motivated by trying to find ways to create positive, meaningful, and lasting change to improve health and wellbeing for all. Michelle completed a Master of Public Health at Curtin University in 2012, during which she explored place-based approaches to improving health and reducing health inequities