Creating a level playing field - why investment is urgently needed to future-proof the Australian public health research workforce

Anna Peeters, Simone Pettigrew, Lucie Rychetnik, Helena Teede, Tara Boelsen-Robinson, Shaan Naughton, Joshua Trigg

Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

Abstract

With successes including world-leading responses to COVID and tobacco control, Australia’s public health research and practice sector is responsible for saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Yet the future of our workforce is now at a tipping point.

Australia’s health system is considered one of the best in the world, yet lives in Australia are still cut short every day because of preventable illness and inequality...
Original languageEnglish
Pages26-28
Number of pages3
No.28
Specialist publicationINSPIRE
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Health research
  • Public health
  • Research funding
  • Public policy

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