Dr Sam Davis

Dr Sam Davis is a Social Gerontologist and experienced researcher. Fellowships at the University of Aberdeen and the Trafford Centre for Medical Research, Sussex University preceded a position with the Centre for Gerontology, Keele University. In Australia, Sam has held positions with the Centre for Ageing Studies, Flinders University, the Centre for Applied Gerontology, Northern Health (Melbourne) and Monash University. In 2010, she become the course coordinator for the Applied Gerontology Postgraduate Program, Flinders University. Dr Davis has received more than six million dollars in funding over her career in the areas of the social determinants of health, housing, rural ageing, enabling environments and improving dementia care. Her final project was the rollout of the Dementia Dynamics Toolkit to all Australian residential aged care homes, funded by the Department of Social Services, Encouraging Better Practice Initiative. In early 2019 she spent three months at the University of Worcester, UK, hosted by the Association of Dementia Studies, consulting on their development of online postgraduate degrees in Dementia Studies. Although now retired from a full time academic position, Dr Davis has full academic status with Flinders University and continues to be involved in casual online teaching. She continues to review manuscripts for international journals such as Ageing and Society, Dementia, Alzheimers & Dementia, Journal of Rural Studies, Journal of Advanced Nursing as well as the Australian Journal on Ageing. Dr Davis lives in rural Victoria