Associate Professor Jane Taylor | UniSC | University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Associate Professor Jane Taylor is an accomplished health promotion professional and educator with 30 years of experience. She is the Public Health Discipline Lead at the School of Health at UniSC, where she oversees a diverse team of experts in health promotion, environmental health, epidemiology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and health economics. Jane’s expertise lies in critical health promotion and public health education, with a focus on advancing social justice and health equity.

Her research aims to strengthen the theoretical foundations of health promotion using a critical practice approach to inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of health policies and programs. Jane developed the Red Lotus Critical Health Promotion Model and the Quality Assessment Tool for Critical Health Promotion (QATCHEPP), which are used to help practitioners adopt more critical approaches in their work.

In addition to her research, Jane is passionate about public health education, mentoring academics, and employing constructivist teaching methods. Her scholarship includes areas such as critical health promotion education, the flipped classroom, and interprofessional education. She is currently leading a project to assess the preparedness of health science academic staff across nine health professions to incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the curriculum. Jane also leads the newly established School of Health, Health Professions Education Research Cluster.