Dr Susan Smith
Lecturer (Teaching Specialist (Clin))
College of Health and Enablement
Susan is a Registered Nurse/Midwife with over thirty years experience in nursing, midwifery and as a maternal child health nurse working with Child and Family Health in South Australia. She is a qualified and passionate Immunizer. Susan has been employed as a researcher by both SALHN and Flinders University and commenced a new role as as a Nurse Teaching Specialist on the 2nd of June 2026.
PhD, Masters of Midwifery, Grad. Dip. Midwifery, Grad Cert Health (CAFHN), BN. Experience in both qualitative and quantitative research with a publication track record of six first author and over 15 other publications. She has an RI score of 73 with over 1568 reads, 20 recommendations and 110 citations.
Chancellors Letter of Commendation for Academic Achievement for her Masters of Midwifery results.
Member of Golden Key Society for academic achievement, a Healthy Development Adelaide, former scholar and 2023 publication award winner.
Lecturer in Nursing at Flinders University in 2026. She has previously been employed as a research academic and tutor in nursing topics .
- Immunisation
- Vaccination
- Maternal and Infant health; Immunisation; Indigenous Health
Media
2024 Radio Interview: 2CC Social Media Impact on vaccine hesitancy and decision making.
2024 Radio Interview 3AW Social Media Impact on vaccine hesitancy and decision making.
2024 Radio Interview 4BC Social Media Impact on vaccine hesitancy and decision making.
Cannel 9 News June 4th 2024 The rise of Vaccine and Health Care Misinformation on Social Media
The Conversation
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