Rate My Professor Jacquie Cotton

Cotton’s research specializations encompass rural health, occupational health and safety in agriculture, agrichemical exposure, and farmer wellbeing. Her work addresses pesticide-related health risks through cholinesterase monitoring, mental health impacts from occupational exposures, child farm-related injuries, safety technologies in farm machinery, and health outcomes from regenerative agriculture practices. She has published extensively, with over 290 citations on Google Scholar. Key publications include 'Point-of-care cholinesterase measurement in an Australian agricultural community' (2018), 'A pest to mental health? Exploring the link between exposure to agrichemicals in farmers and mental health' (2019), 'Child farm-related injury in Australia: A review of the literature' (2021), 'Modelling the risk of Japanese encephalitis virus in Victoria, Australia, using an expert-systems approach' (2024), and 'Understanding the phases and tensions of regenerative agriculture for better health outcomes for farmers' (2025). Through translational research, Cotton promotes behavior change, safety interventions, and education for farming communities and rural professionals, enhancing health outcomes in agriculture.