Rate My Professor Rebecca Olson

Rebecca Olson is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland, where she serves as Director of Teaching and Learning. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University. A cutting-edge translational qualitative researcher and award-winning educator, her expertise lies in the sociologies of health and emotions. Her work advances human aspects of care, empowering students, teachers, and researchers to address emerging health challenges through collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches. As Co-Founder and past Director of SocioHealthLab, she leads efforts to make health and healthcare more socially aware, relational, inclusive, and just. Olson is Joint Editor-in-Chief of Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, fostering dialogue between clinician researchers and health social scientists. With over 100 scholarly publications, including news media and creative video productions, she contributes prolifically to public debate on topics such as medicinal cannabis, health professions education, climate anxiety, palliative care communication, interprofessional practice, and low back pain care.