🎙 Meet the Team
Dr Craig Cumming
Originally with a background in law, Craig’s research focuses on the health and wellbeing of groups in society that often experience health challenges such as people moving through prison, and those experiencing homelessness. Craig believes that to fully understand health issues, we need to hear from people with a range of experience and expertise. This includes people who are experiencing health issues, as well as those working as health practitioners, and those doing health research.Â
Dr Courtney Weber
In Courtney’s spare time (aka her job), she is the National Data Manager for the Emerging Drugs Network of Australia (EDNA) which aims to identify emerging drugs causing acute harm in emergency departments across Australia. Her expertise spans linked data analysis, epidemiology, and surveillance methods, reflecting her commitment to translating complex data into meaningful public health outcomes. Most importantly, she enjoys learning new things and listening to people’s experiences across the public health space.
PhD candidate Leah Roberts
Leah Roberts is a Phd Candidate in the School of Population and Global Health investigating the impact of medicinal cannabis on quality of life and clinical outcomes in patients with anxiety disorders and general practitioners’ perspectives’. Prior to undertaking her PhD, Leah was a research officer for Coronavax, which investigated the communities beliefs and thoughts surrounding COVID-19 vaccines. Previously she was a journalist for the former Community Newspapers and a radio presenter on RTRFM. She has lived in Europe for two years in Amsterdam and Warsaw, and is an avid rock climber.Â
Dr Ingrid Stacey
Ingrid is a biostatistician and cardiovascular epidemiologist but started out in the laboratory doing paediatric preclinical drug trials. Ingrid’s public health research focuses on measuring the impact of policy and funding interventions – such as the introduction of Tobacco Plain packaging legislation and the funding of the Rheumatic Fever Strategy. She now works in First Nations cardiovascular health on collaborative data-driven projects related to chronic coronary disease, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.Â
Our Guest Host
Dr Dani Barrington
Although she began her professional life is a public health engineer, Dani was quickly lured into participatory, qualitative research methods which help us understand and improve vulnerable people’s experiences with toilets, menstrual health and hygiene, the menopause transition, incontinence and water. Dani has conducted research in several countries, particularly in Oceania, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.Â