Rate My Professor Alexander Reid

Emeritus Professor Alexander Reid is an Emeritus Professor in the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He holds the qualifications MBBS and FRACGP. Previously affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, and formerly in the Discipline of General Practice, his career centers on Medicine with a focus in General Practice. Reid has contributed to numerous research efforts in public health, particularly community-based initiatives.

His research interests include developing methodologies for evaluating community-wide health promotion programs, knowledge of cancer risk reduction practices in rural towns, community action for health promotion reviewing methods and outcomes, surveys of suicide prevention curricula in Australian medical schools, and investigations into notifications of hepatitis C. Notable publications co-authored by Alexander Reid include: 'Developing methodologies for evaluating community-wide health promotion' published in Health Promotion International (1996), detailing evaluation approaches from the University of Newcastle; 'Knowledge of cancer risk reduction practices in rural towns of New South Wales, Australia' in the Australian Journal of Rural Health (1996); an overview of the Cancer Action in Rural Towns (CART) project in Health Promotion International (1996); 'Community Action for Health Promotion: A Review of Methods and Outcomes' in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine; 'A Survey of Suicide Prevention Curricula Taught in Australian Medical Schools' in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (1999); and 'Investigation of notifications of hepatitis C in 1994' related to public health surveillance efforts. These contributions underscore his role in advancing rural health promotion, cancer prevention strategies, medical education on suicide prevention, and infectious disease monitoring in Australia.