ACHEEV is an interdisciplinary team of academics, postdoctoral researchers, honorary fellows, research assistants and higher degree researchers. Together, we conduct empirical, theoretical and methodological research, focused on questions with practical implications for policy and practice. Our commitment to openness, inclusiveness and excellence is reflected in everything we do.
Our people
Director
Professor of Health Ethics
Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer
Principal Fellow
Assoc Professor Chris Degeling
Dementia Collaborative Research Centre Mid Career Fellow
Assoc Professor Lyn Phillipson
Associate Professor
Assoc Professor Catherine Mac Phail
Research Fellows
Dr Patti Shih
Dr Yves Aquino
Dr Jane Williams
Dr Cheryl Travers
Dr Michelle Townsend
Dr Heidi Green
Dr Meredith Gresham
Visiting Research Fellows
Dr Tobias Rohrbach
Dr Gabe Watts
Health Campaigns Manager
Danika Hall
Research Assistants
Belinda Fabrianesi
Lucy Carolan
Diana Popic
Emma Campbell
Kate Manlik
Administrative Assistant
Tory Hayward
Visiting Professorial Fellow
Honorary Fellow
Dr Jacqueline Street
Dr Anthony Brown
Dr Julie Mooney-Somers
Dr Mhairi Aitken
Kathleen Prokopovich
Thesis: Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in school-based vaccination for Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Supervisors: : Assoc Professor Lyn Phillipson, Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer
Rebecca Bosward
Thesis: Precision public health: a new definition, ethical and social implications, and recommendations for policy and practice
Supervisors: Professor Stacy Carter, Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer
Sittichoke Chawraingern
Thesis: An empirical analysis of policy and practices for antimicrobial resistance in Thailand
Supervisors: Assoc Professor Chris Degeling, Assoc Professor Judy Mullan, Dr Patti Shih, Dr Jane Williams
Dr Mina Motamedi (MD, MHM)
Thesis: Responses to transvaginal mesh in Australia: a surgical innovation with low rate, severe adverse events
Supervisors: Professor Stacy Carter, Assoc Professor Chris Degeling
Emma Frost
Thesis: Understanding the ethical, legal, and social implications of using artificial intelligence in cardiovascular disease diagnosis and screening.
Supervisors: Professor Stacy Carter, Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer, Dr Yves Aquino
Saniya Singh
Thesis: Does 'Uncertainty Tolerance' contribute to Overprescribing? Informing Stewardship for Healthcare Staff in Aged-Care Settings
Supervisors: Assoc Professor Chris Degeling; Prof Frank Deane, Prof Peter Caputi
Zelalem Azene
Thesis: Intimate Partner Violence in the Perinatal Period: Impacts on Mother and Infant
Supervisors: Assoc Professor Catherine Mac Phail, Professor Lisa Smithers