Rate My Professor Lynne Parkinson

Lynne Parkinson is a Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health within the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle. She holds a PhD and Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Newcastle, a Master of Data Science with Distinction, and MAPS status. Her research specializations encompass geriatrics and gerontology (60% of fields of research), ageing, arthritis, community-based interventions, health promotion, health services research, healthy ageing, needs assessment, quality use of medicines, women's health, data management and data science, and psychology of ageing. With over 30 years engaged in population health gerontology as a researcher, teacher, health care evaluator, and research mentor, she previously served as Managing Director of the Priority Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing at the University of Newcastle (2011-2012) and Professor at Central Queensland University (2012-2017 and 2017-2020).

Parkinson has supervised PhD theses including 'The Profile of Pain in Older Women with Arthritis' (2016), 'Using Population Health Data to Measure Healthcare Costs of Arthritis for Australian Women' (2015), and 'Promoting the Musculoskeletal Health of Indigenous Australians Living in Rural Communities' (2005). She has led and contributed to numerous funded projects, such as the MRFF Keeping Australians Out of Hospital grant for an early detection program to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions of aged care residents ($59,475, 2020-2022), NHMRC Project Grant on tracking the impact of drug regulatory actions ($421,000, 2008-2010), University of Newcastle Research Fellowship ($415,374, 2009-2012), and Department of Health and Aged Care grant for implementing best practice nutrition and hydration support in residential aged care ($885,648, 2007-2009). Key publications include 'Lifestyle behaviour changes associated with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study' (Scientific Reports, 2024), 'Work stress and professional quality of life in disability support workers: The mediating role of psychological flexibility' (Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024), 'The Australian Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction (AusTAPER) hospital study' (Internal Medicine Journal, 2024), 'International Standards for Dementia Workforce Education and Training: A Scoping Review' (Gerontologist, 2024), and 'Contemporaneous Severity of Symptoms and Functioning Reflected by Variations in Reporting Doctor-Diagnosed Osteoarthritis' (Arthritis Care & Research, 2013). As past Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Journal on Ageing and Lifetime Member of the Australian Association of Gerontology, she has made significant contributions to the field through editorial roles, mentorship, and a publication record cited over 3,800 times.