ProfessorAnthony D LaMontagne

Professor, Work Health and Wellbeing

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Professor, Work Health and Wellbeing
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 924 46802 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Anthony D. LaMontagne is a Professor of Work, Health & Wellbeing at the
Institute for Health Transformation and the School of Health & Social
Development at Deakin University, in Melbourne (Australia). He also holds
appointments and affiliations with the University of Melbourne, Monash
University, the University of Massachusetts and the Institute for Work &
Health in Toronto. His broad research interest is in developing the scientific
and public understanding of work as a social determinant of health and
translating this research into policy and practice to improve workplace and
worker health. He has an international profile for cross-disciplinary applied
epidemiology and intervention research in work & mental health, occupational
health & safety (OH&S) and health promotion.

Specific areas of intervention research expertise include workplace mental
health, improving job quality and psychosocial working conditions, and
evaluating government policy interventions. Intervention research studies have
included process and effectiveness studies, quantitative and qualitative
methods, and study designs ranging from case studies to large-scale cluster
randomized controlled trials. He has significant experience in working
collaboratively with workplace stakeholders from government, industry and
labour, as well as mentoring to develop research capacity and engagement with
workplace stakeholders and early career researchers. His research and
publications have influenced workplace health policy & practice in Australia
and internationally. Publications include 280+ peer-reviewed contributions, 30+ major
reports, and 30+ book chapters in leading public health texts and monographs.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Professor, Work Health and Wellbeing
    Deakin University, School of Health and Social Development

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Honorary Professorial Fellow
    University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Global & Population Health, Melbourne, Australia2015 - 2025
  • Chair, National Research Reference Group
    MATES in Construction, Brisbane, Australia2019 - 2024
  • Adjunct Scientist
    Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Canada2015 - 2025
  • Research Affiliate
    University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, United States2018 - 2025

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Science
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA1994
  • Master of Education
    University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst Center, United States1988
  • Master of Arts
    Harvard University Press, Cambridge, United States1987
  • Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude
    University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst Center, United States1982

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, speak and understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Epidemiology
  • Public health
  • Occupational and workplace health and safety
  • Social epidemiology

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Health and Social Development

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Institute for Health Transformation