
Associate Professor Fiona Haigh
PhD University of New South Wales (2017)
Masters in Public Health University of Bielefeld, Germany (2004)
Certificate of Law Examinations Admission as barrister and solicitor of the High Court in New Zealand (1998)
Bachelor of Social Sciences University of Waikato, New Zealand (1998)
Bachelor of Laws University of Waikato, New Zealand (1998)
I am an equity focused public health researcher at the International Centre for Future Health Systems, 黑料网大事记 Australia and Director of the Health Equity Research Development Unit (HERDU), a joint initiative between 黑料网大事记 Sydney and Sydney Local Health District. My research spans global and local contexts to integrate health and health equity considerations into decision-making processes and systems, exploring how diverse knowledge systems can advance health equity and human rights in everyday practice.
Research Interests:
Research interests include Health Impact Assessment, Equity focused health impact assessment, health equity, health and human rights and transdisciplinary research and education.
Broad Research Areas:
Health Policy, Population Health, Global Health
Specific Research Keywords:
Health Impact Assessment, Health and Human Rights, Health Inequalities, Health equity, Social Determinants of Health, Public Health
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- Teaching and Supervision
2013 鈥 2016 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarship
2015 3rd National Health Impact Assessment Meeting, Washington D.C. April 2015, Travel Scholarship
2000-2002 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service)听scholarship for post graduate study and training in Germany
1995 Health Waikato Student Scholarship
1994 Dean Palmer Trust Fund Scholarship
Current Research Projects
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Equity frameworks, tools, and resources
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Equity Focussed Health Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic and Response
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Climate change health and听vulnerability impact assessment framework鈥揝coping Study
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Co-Governance and Intersectoral Collaboration
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Institutionalising a whole-of government听approach to chronic听disease prevention
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Identifying a preferred method to听cost the health benefits of active听transport
Co-chair听Global Working Group on Health Impact Assessment, International Union for Health Promotion and Education
Associate Australian Human Rights Institute
Member听Australian Human Rights Institute听Research Committee
Reviewer for听 Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Health Policy, Pan American Journal of Public Health, Health Promotion International, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Global Health Promotion, Chronicles of HIA, MJA
Peer reviewer for Health Impact Assessments internationally
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Invited keynote addresses at conferences听in Austria, Korea and New Zealand
Technical support for Pan American Health Organisation and World Health Organisation South East Asian Regional Office
Steering Committee of Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment
Member听Housing and Health Partnership (Population Health, South Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health)听Greater Western Sydney Area, Department of Family and Community Services, Housing NSW Land and Housing Corporation, Department of Finance and Services)
Member SWSLHD Population Health Executive
Member SWSLHD Population Health Healthy Built Environment Strategic Coordinating Group
Member of Wollondilly Health Alliance Health in Planning Working Group
Member of Western Sydney Health Alliance Liveability and Connections Working Group
Board member Ngroo Education 2017-2018
My Research Supervision
An Tran -听Understanding the loneliness experience amongst refugee mothers settled in regional Australia.
Fouzia Khanam -听Facilitators and barriers to implementation of patient navigation interventions in Australian health system.
Amber Murphy -听Virtual and human service navigation and its impact on systems and communities
My Teaching
I contribute to听听听(previously course coordinator) and 听听(previously course coordinator)
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