Biography

Joanne is a Research Fellow in social determinants of health at Stretton Health Equity in the Stretton Institute at the University of Adelaide. She is an economist and public health researcher with expertise in quantitative research. Her research explores the impact of the distribution of social determinants of health on health equity and interactions between health and work. She worked at the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity and the Research Centre for Injury Studies from 2018 until February 2022. Joanne received her PhD in 2016 and worked as a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Labour Studies until December 2017. Her research interests and experience include interactions between health and work, the social and economic determinants of health, health economics, injury epidemiology and global public health.

She leads the social epidemiology work at Stretton Health Equity, applying her quantitative skills and social science background to interdisciplinary research. She is a member of the international Punching Above Weight (PAW) Network, formed to advance thinking and research about why some countries do much better in terms of health outcomes than would be predicted by their economic status. She is also a Global Burden of Disease Collaborator. Alongside her academic position, Joanne is actively involved in the Public Health Association of Australia and the Australian Health Promotion Association. She is Co-convenor of the PHAA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Special Interest Group and is Membership Secretary and Events Coordinator for the PHAA South Australian Branch. In 2022, she received the PHAA Emerging Leader Award, the Health Promotion SIG Early Career Award for Research and an SA President's Award.