Faculty of Medicine and Health

Our people

Meet our leadership team and key management staff

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We bring together leading academics, researchers and practitioners in medicine and health, with a commitment to improving healthcare.

Interim Executive Dean

Professor Nancy Baxter MD MBA PhD FRCSC FACS

Professor Nancy Baxter is a clinical epidemiologist, colorectal surgeon and health services researcher.

Her main research interests are in the evaluation of patterns of cancer care, the evaluation of cancer screening, determining the long-term consequences of cancer care for survivors and improving the quality and safety of surgery. 

Professor Baxter joined the University of Sydney as the Faculty of Medicine and Health Deputy Executive Dean (Research Centres) in 2023.  She was previously with the University of Melbourne, where she was Head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Prior to this, she was the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. 

Professor Baxter has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles and is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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Key faculty staff

  • Professor Nancy Baxter, Interim Executive Dean, Medicine and Health
  • Kate Jensen, Faculty General Manager
  • Ruth Crilly, Executive Assistant to Interim Executive Dean
  • Laura Vasta, Executive Assistant to General Manager and Director, Faculty Strategy and Partnerships

  • Associate Professor Tim Schlub, Associate Dean (Education)
  • Professor Carolyn Day, Associate Dean (Research Education)
  • Professor Mary Collins, Associate Dean (Research) (Interim)
  • Professor Meredith Makeham, Associate Dean (Community and Primary Health Care)
  • Rick Macourt, Associate Dean (Indigenous Strategy and Services)
  • Susan Woodbury, Executive Assistant to Associate Deans

 

  • Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson, Deputy Executive Dean (Academic)
  • Bernadette Ralph, Acting Executive Assistant to Deputy Executive Deans
  • Professor Annemarie Hennessy, Deputy Executive Dean (Westmead)
  • Professor Camille Raynes-Greenow, Deputy Executive Dean (Research Centres) (Interim)

  • Professor Jane Bleasel, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Medical School
  • Professor Andrew McLachlan, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Pharmacy School
  • Associate Professor Wendy Gold, Head of School, School of Medical Sciences (Interim)
  • Professor Jaime Miranda, Head of School, Sydney School of Public Health
  • Professor Heiko Spallek, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Dental School
  • Professor Brendan McCormack, Head of School and Dean, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery
  • Professor Mark Halaki, Head of School and Dean, Sydney School of Health Sciences

 

  • Professor Stephen Twigg
    Head of Clinical School, Central 
  • Professor Mark Cooper
    Head of Clinical School, Concord
  • Professor Stephen Fuller
    Head of Clinical School, Nepean 
  • Professor Margaret Schnitzler
    Head of Clinical School, Northern
  • Professor Russell Dale
    Head of Clinical School, Children’s Hospital Westmead 
  • Professor Henry Pleass
    Head of Clinical School, Westmead 
  • Associate Professor Melissa Kang
    Co-head of General Practice Clinical School
  • Associate Professor Fiona Robinson
    Co-head of General Practice Clinical School
  • Professor Debra Jones
    Head of Department and Head of Clinical School, Rural (Broken Hill) 
  • Professor Vicki Flood
    Director and Head of Clinical School (Northern Rivers)
  • Associate Professor Catherine Hawke
    Head, Rural Clinical School (Dubbo/Orange) 

Please visit our find a researcher section or refer to the staff directory for contact information.

To learn more about our research expertise or to find a researcher associated with a particular school, please refer to individual school websites:

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