Rate My Professor Richard Franklin

Professor Richard Franklin, PhD (University of Sydney), MSocSc (Health), BSc (University of Queensland), GCertAustRurLeadership, GradCertEd, FACTM, FPHAA, FARL, is Head of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences at James Cook University. His career in public health, focused on injury prevention and safety promotion, began in 1996. Prior roles include service with the Queensland Ambulance Service, the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety at the University of Sydney, and as the inaugural National Manager for Research and Health Promotion at the Royal Life Saving Society - Australia, where he established drowning prevention research in Australia and internationally, developing programs such as Grey Medallion for older Australians and home pool inspector training. He continues as volunteer Senior Research Fellow and Board Member. Franklin chairs workshops nationally and internationally, led the Townsville Water Safety Plan, and chaired the World Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference (Safety 2022). His research involves epidemiological, translational, program evaluation, surveillance, and studies in drowning prevention, farm safety, road safety, quad bike safety, trauma, CPR, alcohol and chemical safety, child safety, falls, resilience, and safety for rural populations, agriculture workers, older people, travel, and disasters, including collaborations like the Global Drowning Prevention Leadership Institute with Johns Hopkins University.