Joan Cunningham PhD

Professor Joan Cunningham is a social epidemiologist with a core focus on equity in health and health care. Her recent research has spanned a range of topics including the social determinants of end-stage renal disease and other chronic diseases, health system performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer, the health impacts of discrimination, the health of Indigenous people in urban areas, and improving the quality, availability and use of routinely collected data about Indigenous Australians.