DrJane Willcox

Casual Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development

  • Casual Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development
  • +61 3 924 68327 (Work)
  • Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220

BIO

Dr Jane Willcox is a Senior Research Fellow within the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research – Deakin & Epworth HealthCare Partnership in the Institute of Health Transformation. She also holds adjunct research fellow positions with Dietetics and Human Nutrition at the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport at La Trobe University, the National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland .

Jane has worked for more than 20 years in clinical dietetics and public health including positions at the Alfred, International Diabetes Institute (Baker Heart & Diabetes) and Life Be In It. She undertook her PhD at Deakin University and post doctoral studies at La Trobe University. Her research interests include health services research, digital health and chronic disease prevention and communication. ​

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Casual Research Fellow
    Deakin University, School of Health and Social Development

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Deakin University, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research – Epworth HealthCare Partnership, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Transformation, Burwood, Australia22 Mar 2021 - present
  • Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow
    La Trobe University, Dietetics and Human Nutrition, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, Bundoora, Australia1 Jan 2020 - 4 Dec 2020
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
    La Trobe University, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, Bundoora, Australia2 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2019

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University
  • Graduate Diploma (Dietetics)
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Food Science & Nutrition (Honours)
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Science
    Deakin University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Public health
  • Reproductive medicine
  • Nutrition and dietetics
  • Midwifery
  • Health services and systems

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Health and Social Development