Dr Candice Oster

Senior Research Fellow

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

place Bedford Park
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Dr Candice Oster is a Research Fellow in the Caring Futures Institute, affiliate of the Centre for Social Impact, and member of Open Door. She has diverse research interests from understanding experiences of health and healthcare through to contextual factors such as social determinants of health and organisational and system change. She has expertise in qualitative research methodologies, mixed methods research, implementation science, and participatory research approaches such as co-design and Photovoice.

Dr Oster's current research projects include developing sustainable models and mechanisms of social prescribing to address social determinants of health and the use of artificial intelligence for health and education applications.

Qualifications

2003 PhD (Health)

1997 BA(Hons Psychology), First Class

1996 BA

Honours, awards and grants

The Australian Psychological Society Prize, University of Adelaide, 1997

Teaching interests

Theories and Models of Health Behaviour;

Implementation Science;

Motivational Interviewing;

Qualitative Research