Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research Director and Advisory Committee

The Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research is led by an experienced team who understand the importance of research collaboration that results in translatable outcomes.

Associate Professor Stephen Begg

Associate Professor Stephen Begg is the Director of the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research. He is one of Australia’s most experienced academics in the field of population health assessment and burden of disease analysis, a field he helped introduce to Australia in the 1990s and to which he has contributed through positions at Harvard University and the World Health Organization. He is a trained epidemiologist with over 25 years’ experience in international research and consultancy and has led and managed teams in both academia and the public sector. Associate Professor Begg manages a diverse industry-driven research portfolio with a focus on rural and Indigenous health inequalities and health system strengthening.