Dr Hannah Barbour

Research Fellow

College of Medicine and Public Health

place Charles Darwin University Yellow

Dr Hannah Barbour was born and raised in Singapore. With a background in geography and demography from The University of Adelaide, her PhD research analysed migration between Australia and Singapore. Based in Darwin, her current projects focus on Indigenous health and education. She is undertaking research in the evaluation of a biomedical training program that supports education and training pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She also contributes to a project at Menzies School of Health Research linking women with diabetes in pregnancy to clinical data. Her research interests are in migrant and Indigenous communities, social and environmental determinants of health, spatial analysis (GIS).

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (2021), The University of Adelaide

Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours (2018), The University of Adelaide

Bachelor of Social Sciences (2016), The University of Adelaide

Honours, awards and grants

Adelaide Graduate Research Scholarship (2018 - 2021)

Postgraduate Research Funding (2019)

The Charles and Frank Fenner Postgraduate Research Grants (2019)

The Graham Lawton Prize for Geography (2018)

Key responsibilities

Undertake research in the evaluation of the Ramaciotti Regional and Remote Health Services Training Centre. Discuss the role of the Centre in supporting education and training pathways in the Northern Territory. Liaise with research stakeholders, undertake literature reviews using systematic methods, and utilise a mixed methods research approach to develop scholarship that identifies gaps and needs in health workforce training and education.