Brad is a Lecturer at the La Trobe Rural Health School, and an emerging leader in oral health both in Australia and internationally. He is a dentist with formal public health and epidemiology qualifications. Brad has both Australian and international experience in leading/managing large primary research studies as well as analysing large quantitative datasets. In addition, he is also qualified and experienced in health program evaluation. Brad has participated in prestigious international public health learning experiences – the one year Dental Public Health Residency at the National Institutes of Health, USA and a three month internship at the World Health Organization, Geneva. Brad’s research interest is broadly in the areas of health equity and health services. In this space he leads and co-leads several externally funded research projects. He is a founding member of the Australian Network for Integration of Oral Health and was also instrumental in establishing the Regional Victoria Section of the International Association for Dental Research at the La Trobe Rural Health School.
Brad is also appointed as Adjunct Fellow in the School of Nursing & Midwifery with Western Sydney University.