School of Public Health
Office of the Head of School
The School Manager and Executive Assistant support the Office of the Head of School in SPH. Both are able to assist with enquiries to the Head of School or redirect your path to the relevant academic or professional service area within the School.
Advancement
The Advancement team works with alumni, community members and corporate and foundation donors to raise funds in support of Faculty priorities.
Email: med.advancement@uq.edu.au
Finance
The Senior Management Accountant is responsible for the provision of overall financial management advice and related services to the client portfolio, by delivering sound financial analysis and advice to inform period financial planning, forecasting and monitoring.
The Management Accountant is responsible for the provision of professional project accounting advice and service to senior project leaders to ensure effective and compliant cost management of project activity. This includes financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for operational and/or grant funded projects.
Email: med.sphfinance@uq.edu.au
HDR support
The HDR Liaison Officers (HLOs) provide advice and assistance to HDR students and supervisors about HDR opportunities, applications, scholarships, enrolment, candidature management, milestones and thesis submission.
Any member of the team can help you in person by appointment, or by phone or email from any location.
Email the team at hdr.sph@enquire.uq.edu.au or see all Health Team HLO contact details on the Graduate School website.
The Director of Research Training for SPH is Dr Megan Ferguson.
Human resources
The Faculty of Medicine HR Team is responsible for enabling the achievement of the Faculty’s strategic objectives and supporting the broader University’s ambitions through attracting, developing and retaining talented, engaged and high performing staff. The Faculty HR Team provides a full range of end to end HR services including (but not limited to) recruitment, workplace relations, change management, organisational development and coaching for leaders.
Email: askhr@uq.edu.au
Infrastructure
The infrastructure team coordinate and provide oversight on a broad range of facilities management issues to ensure the effective operation, utilisation and preservation of buildings and assets across the entire Faculty of Medicine. The infrastructure team liaises with, and provides facilities management advice to all Faculty staff and students. The team also coordinates medium and long term space management and planning activities to support the Faculty’s teaching and research strategic objectives. Working with the University’s Property and Facilities Division (P&F) and the various hospital and health service providers they oversee maintenance works and construction projects on behalf of the Faculty.
Marketing and communications
The HMBS marketing and communication team is comprised of two main sub-teams:
- Marketing & Recruitment Team – Responsible for marketing and student recruitment activities.
- Communication Team – Responsible for communications and research promotion activities.
Each team will focus on faculty advocacy for university-wide recruitment and research strategies, as well as proactively promoting our own faculty research and education priorities. The contact details are listed below:
- Marketing & Recruitment Requests: hmbs.marketing@uq.edu.au
- Communication, Events, Sponsorships & Research Promotion Requests: hmbs.communication@uq.edu.au
- Website and Intranet Requests: hmbs.webrequests@uq.edu.au
OHS
The Faculty of Medicine OHS team comprises five members with a broad spectrum of technical knowledge and experience with systems for the safe management of:
- biologicals and biosecurity
- chemicals, including prohibited and restricted carcinogens, chemicals of security concern
- radiation
- ergonomics
- clinical teaching and practice
- laboratory design and management
- plant and equipment
- drugs and poisons
- animal and human research ethics
- occupational hygiene, including hearing and allergen surveillance
- field work and event planning
- emergency procedures
- risk assessments and incident investigations
The Manager of Occupational Health and Safety coordinates the Faculty OHS team and develops and implements OHS policy, collaborating with the UQ HSW Division to develop greater consistency and transparency of OHS management practices across the Faculty and the University.
All members of the team are available to assist and advise on any issues relating to OHS or other general compliance issues. Contact med.hsw@uq.edu.au.
Research Contracts Management Unit
- Consultancy, Tenders and Contracts Management: hmbs.ccmo@research.uq.edu.au
- Research Commercial Management: hmbs.rcm@research.uq.edu.au
Research support
Your Senior Research Administration Officer (SRAO) is responsible for providing research administration and advisory support to researchers and the unit's leadership, and providing operational support for activities that enhance the unit's research environment and performance.
Your Precinct Research Manager leads and manages research administration and advisory support services across the precinct, precinct-based research and researcher development activities and initiatives, as well as contributing to broader activities that support research performance across all campuses and sites.
Loris Muir
Senior Research Administration Officer
sph.researchadmin@uq.edu.au
Sharon Doyle
Senior Manager, Research - Herston Precinct
herston.researchmanager@uq.edu.au
Student and academic administration
Student Admin: Admissions, enrolment, progression, graduations, study plans and academic advising, student events, examinations, credit, scholarships and prizes.Email: med.enquiries@uq.edu.au
Academic Admin: ECPs, Committee Secretariat Support, academic program reviews, student appeals and grievances, student integrity and misconduct, course offerings and scheduling. Email: med.academicadmin@uq.edu.au