Dr Heike Schutze
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
PhD, MPH, BSc (Biomedical)
Medicine & Health
Faculty Office
Qualifications: PhD, MPH, BSc (Biomedical)
Heike Schütze is a Senior Adjunct Lecturer in the Office of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, and an Honorary Senior Fellow in Graduate Medicine, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health at the University of Wollongong. Her research interests include health services and translational research, with a focus on primary health care; developing, implementing and evaluating interventions to improve health and social outcomes, especially in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, other indigenous and minority populations. She specialises in qualitative and mixed methods research. Her teaching expertise in is public health, research methods, chronic disease prevention and management, evidence-based practice and health equity.
Society Memberships & Professional Activities
- Public Health Association of Australia
- Public Health Association NSW Branch (Treasurer)
- International Union of Health Promotion and Education
- Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
E-mail
Location
Level 2, Wallace Worth Building, UNSW Australia
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Schütze H (CIA) and the Rylstone-Kandos Rotary Club. Rebuilding Community one fence at a time. Rotary Australia World Community Service Limited Bushfire Fund Grant, (2022), $48,000.
Schütze H (CIA). Community Working at Recovery and Resilience in Olinda and Rylstone (Community WARRIOR). National Recovery and Resilience Agency (2022-2024), $1,402,385.
Schütze H (CIA) and Sim D. Community-driven recovery in Olinda-Rylstone and Running Stream. NSW Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund (2021-2023), $854,602.
Schütze H (CIA). Aiding Recovery and Resilience in Olinda-Rylstone (ARROw). NSW Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund Grant (2021-2023), $285,604.
Schütze H (CIA). UOW School of Health and Society National Conference Support, (2019), $4211.
Schütze H (CIA). CESPHN After Hours Innovation and Service Grants (2016-2017); AUD$84,444
Schütze H (CIA) and MacPhail C. Needs assessment for IWHC. UOW School of Health and Society Research Support (2017), $3753.
Schütze H (CIA). National Health and Medical Research Council Training Scholarship for Indigenous Health Research (2011-2014); AUD$92,314.78
My Research Supervision
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(2020 - 2025) |
Doctor of Philosophy |
Primary Supervisor |
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Balhatchet, Belinda |
A band aid over a gaping wound: An exploration of wellbeing in Australian surgical trainees (2019- ) |
Doctor of Philosophy |
Primary Supervisor |
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Kehoe, Helen |
An analysis of MBS and PBS changes to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care access 1996-2016 (2018- ) |
Doctor of Philosophy |
Co Supervisor |
Completed
| Kadir, Nurhira Abdul | Medical educators’ attitudes, beliefs, and practices of teaching public health in Indonesian undergraduate medical schools (2018-2024) | Doctor of Philosophy | Primary Supervisor |
| Wijayanti, Kurnia | Parents Attitudes towards Preventing Cervical Cancer through Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (2018-2023) | Doctor of Philosophy | Primary Supervisor |
| Sandell, Tiffany | Development, implementation and evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a shared cancer model of care (2019-2023) | Doctor of Philosophy | Primary Supervisor |
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Tahourdin, Sarah |
COVID-19 and the impact on Honours students’ research in the School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong (2020) |
Honours | Primary Supervisor |
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Bowring-Greer, Olivia |
The Impact of the Black Summer Bushfires on the Olinda Community (2020) | Honours | Primary Supervisor |
| Deroy, Sarah | Factors supporting Aboriginal Health Worker retention rates: An evaluative case study of Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation (2017-2018) | Honours | Primary Supervisor |