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Ms Rachel Rowe

Ms Rachel Rowe

Senior Lecturer

MPH, BA (Hons) Communication, Media Studies and International Studies (Latin America).

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

I am a sociologist with expertise in public health, political economy, social policy, and science and technology studies. My research program critically engages the politics of measurement, knowledge-making and resistance in caring industries, from healthcare to aged care. My current project examines the power dynamics and logics shaping new data linkage and algorithmic technologies in public health - with particular attention to their implications for health and social equity. I bring practical policy, research and evaluation experience from my former roles in community health and NSW Health.

Supervision:

I am currently available to supervise research projects within coursework (e.g. MPH), Independent Learning Projects (ILP) and to advise on PhD projects. I am not currently available for PhD supervision.

Research Interests:

public health, social change, global political economy, digital health technologies, risk, social studies of finance, prevention and harm reduction, economic sociology, feminist studies of science and technology.

Teaching:

As convenor of Health Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health (PHCM9012), I enjoy teaching many postgraduate students. I have over a decade of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in Public Health, Arts & Humanities, Social Policy and Social Science programs.

Additional Roles at 黑料网大事记:

Director, School of Population Health Advocacy Lab听/medicine-health/our-schools/population-health/student-life/advocacy-lab

Society Memberships & Professional Activities:

Data Justice Research Network (黑料网大事记), Media Futures Hub (黑料网大事记)

NSW Branch Executive member, Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)

Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA)

Location
School of Population Health, Level 3, Samuels Building, Randwick Campus.
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Twyford E; Rowe R; Andrew J, 2025, 'Financial gaslighting: The financialisation of care in later life', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 101,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jaworski A; Green B; Kennett K; Mayol A; Rowe R, 2022, 'Tobacco cessation experiences and needs: perspectives from Arabic-speaking communities', Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 21, pp. 1010 - 1028,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Rowe R, 2021, 'Social determinants of health in the Big Data mode of population health risk calculation', Big Data and Society, 8,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Rowe R; Ansara YG; Jaworski A; Higgs P; Clare PJ, 2018, 'What is the alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevalence among culturally and linguistically diverse groups in the Australian population? A national study of prevalence, harms, and attitudes', Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Rowe R; Berger I; Copeland J, 2017, '鈥淣o pain, no gainz鈥? Performance and image-enhancing drugs, health effects and information seeking', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 24, pp. 400 - 408,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Rowe R; Berger I; Yaseen B; Copeland J, 2017, 'Risk and blood-borne virus testing among men who inject image and performance enhancing drugs, Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, pp. 658 - 666,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Jaworski A; Brown T; Norman C; Hata K; Toohey M; Vasiljevic D; Rowe R, 2016, 'Developing a guide for community-based groups to reduce alcohol-related harm among African migrants', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 27, pp. 21 - 28,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Rowe R; Stephenson N, 2016, 'Speculating on health: public health meets finance in 鈥榟ealth impact bonds鈥', Sociology of Health and Illness, 38, pp. 1203 - 1216,
  • Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Rowe R; Ansara YG; Jaworski A; Higgs P; Clare P, 2017, 'SUBSTANCE USE PREVALENCE AND RELATED HARMS AMONG CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN AN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 36, pp. 64 - 64,
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Lunn J; Kelly PJ; Mills K; Rowe R; Gluckman N, 2015, 'INTRODUCING GROUP-WORK BASED ON ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN ACCESSING A RESIDENTIAL WHOS NEW BEGINNINGS THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 41 - 41,

2018 - Scientia Scholarship

I currently serve on the NSW Branch Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). My primary advocacy role for the branch is in public health's responses to climate change.

My Teaching

I teach to promote critical thinking, foster the application of course content to real world contexts and to empower students to unpack and address a range of challenging social questions. Creating dynamic and participatory learning environments that make learning new things less intimidating is my passion.

I am Senior Lecturer in PHCM9012 Health Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health.听I have over ten years of experience teaching courses in contemporary political economy, surveillance and the politics of public health, theories of social change and contemporary society.