Rate My Professor Rosemary Aldrich

Rosemary Aldrich serves as Conjoint Associate Professor and Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health, specifically within Health Behaviour Sciences, at the University of Newcastle, Australia, part of the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing. Holding qualifications including a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Bachelor of Medicine with Honours, Master of Public Health, PhD, Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM), and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (FRACMA), she transitioned from a career in journalism to medicine and public health practice. Previously, she worked as Director of Medical Services at Calvary Mater Newcastle and Associate Director of Clinical Governance at Hunter New England Area Health Service. Her research focuses on health policy, equity in healthcare, health impact assessment, pathology errors, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, environmental health such as lead contamination, smoking trends, and influenza vaccination. With 26 publications and over 436 citations, her contributions address critical issues in public health and healthcare delivery.

Key publications include the book chapter 'Legal and Forensic Medicine' (2013); 'Look back and talk openly: Responding to and communicating about the risk of large-scale error in pathology diagnoses' (2012); 'Advance Australia Fair: Social democratic and conservative politicians' discourses concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their health 1972-2001' (2007); 'A case study on determining and responding to health managers' priorities for research to assist health service decision making' (2006); 'Equity-Focused Health Impact Assessment: A tool to assist policy makers in addressing health inequalities' (2005); 'Building an equity focus in health impact assessment' (2005); 'Climate and government: Weather, health and electoral outcome' (2004); 'Achieving equity in the Australian healthcare system' (2004); 'Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach' (2004); and 'Equity-focused health impact assessment framework' (book, 2004). These works demonstrate her impact on equity-focused health practices, policy discourse analysis, and quality improvement in pathology and clinical governance within Australia.