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Responding to health impacts of climate change in the Australian desert
qualifications: MSci
contribution: wrote the first draft
position: Senior economist
Australia
David's background is in natural resource economics, and is located at the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs. This is a joint appointment of Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre and the Centre for Remote Healrth. He teaches graduate health eccnomics and is carrying out economic research on health and wellbeing in remote central Australia, especially in regard to the engagement of Aboriginal people with their country.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Science Director, Climate Adaptation Flagship, Sustainable Ecosystems, CSIRO and Project Leader, Science of Desert Living, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Leader, core project 1: Livelihoods inLand/DK CRC
Australia
Jocelyn Davies is a geographer based in Alice Springs, employed by CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, and a reserach leader for Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre. She leads research directed at stronger livelihoods for Indigenous people through land management.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: PHC Red research fellow
Australia
Editor in Chief Australian Journal of Rural Health Principal Research Fellow CQ Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University, Emerald. Research interests: Community based health and service provision; disability service delivery; Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR); 'health outcomes' research; qualitative research methods, primary health care, allied health.
qualifications: MTropHlth
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Professor and director Centre for Remote health
Australia
John is a Public Health Medicine specialist and general practitioner, with a background in remote primary health care services as a medical practitioner, senior manager and researcher. He has a special interest in remote health services research.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: General manager research
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