Rate My Professor Rowena Ivers

Her research focuses on primary care, prevention, quality improvement, and interventions for Indigenous Australians, including tobacco control, cervical screening reminders, smoking and vaping cessation in pregnancy, nature prescribing in general practice, and health-related quality of life. Notable publications include 'Where there's smoke, there's fire: high prevalence of smoking among some sub-populations and recommendations for intervention' (2006), 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and tobacco' (2003), 'Nature Rx: Nature prescribing in general practice' (2023), 'Cervical Screening Reminders for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Primary Care: Randomised Controlled Trial of Letter vs Phone/SMS Reminders' (2023), and 'Alcohol consumption and health-related quality of life in regional, rural and metropolitan Australia' (2023). As Chief Investigator, she has secured over $21 million in research grants. Professor Ivers is Co-director of the University of Wollongong's Primary Care Research and Education Network (PCREN), a member of the RACGP National Ethics Committee and Quality Expert Committee, and has delivered public lectures on topics such as health impacts of indoor gas appliances, reducing smoking in pregnancy, and preparing practices for extreme weather events.