Dr Alison Dymmott is the Academic Lead, rural allied health and a researcher at Flinders University. She completed her PhD in 2023 which focused on rural workforce strategies in conjunction with SA Health. Her research continues in rural allied health and she is also involved in healthy ageing and occupational therapy research projects. Ali teaches into allied health undergraduate and masters courses and has worked clinically as an occupational therapist in a wide range of rural and metropolitan settings. She has extensive experience in curriculum design, project management, supervision and service development. 

Ali's research interests are in clinical practice, clinical education, rural and remote health and workforce.  She is leading research in allied health rural generalist training and workforce initiatives. Ali is also undertaking a range of clinical research projects.