Public Health

Teaching program

Public Health has become an increasingly significant focus of government plans worldwide. Flinders University offers a comprehensive Public Health Teaching Program designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to address complex health challenges and promote health equity both locally and globally.

Within the Public Health Teaching Program, our teaching experts encompass areas such Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology, Remote Health Practice and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Health and Rural and Remote Health.

Our Public Health team

Teaching Program Director

Dr Liz Buckley is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, with a research program in cancer epidemiology, population health and health services research. She has expertise in using linked health data to understand the experience of cancer survivors in Australia, work that has informed Cancer Australia position statements on breast screening and biopsy practice.

Along with her role as Teaching Program Director, Dr Buckley coordinates topics in epidemiology for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She sits on the Flinders University Student Appeals Committee and the College Student Progress Committee, and is a member of College Student Success Working Group, the Public Health Association of Australia, and the Australasian Epidemiological Association