Nathan Grills
University of Melbourne
Rate Professor Nathan Grills
Helps students build confidence and skills.
Always patient and willing to help.
Always positive and enthusiastic in class.
Always respectful and encouraging to all.
Great Professor!
About Nathan
Professor Nathan Grills is a Public Health Physician and Professor at the Nossal Institute for Global Health within the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. He holds qualifications including MBBS, MSc, DPhil, and DrPH. Grills serves as Academic Director for India for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and as an Academic Fellow with the Australia-India Institute. His career milestones include NHMRC Post Doctoral Fellowship and Australian Research Council Fellowship. He is also Senior Research Advisor for the Australia India Institute and a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.
Nathan Grills specializes in research on non-communicable diseases, disability inclusion, community health evaluation and monitoring, primary health care, digital health, health equity, and inclusion, with extensive work in India. Key projects include designing disability-inclusive virtual healthcare systems via telehealth, improving dental service access for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the DAD-CARE project co-designing support for father caregivers of disabled children, awarded Healthy Trajectories seed funding in 2023. Major publications encompass 'The success of the Uttarakhand Cluster: a case study of community participation in reducing alcoholic liver disease' (2016), 'Prevalence of dental caries among children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis' (2024), 'Access to dental services for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities – a scoping review' (2024), 'Ivermectin-Based Mass Drug Administration for Scabies in Northern Australia' (2024), and 'Dental service utilisation and perceptions amongst Indian rural community health workers' (2026). Grills has contributed to public discourse through a BBC World News interview on Delhi's pollution (2021) and advances inclusive health strategies for underserved populations.
Professional Email: ngrills@unimelb.edu.au