Associate Professor Anna Olsen
Anna Olsen is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of Culture & Wellbeing at the School of Medicine & Psychology. She has strong working relationships across the College and wider university in teaching, research, and student well-being. Having convened undergraduate and postgraduate programs, Anna is passionate about providing students with world-class research skills as well as creating a safe environment for them to study.
As a social scientist, Anna talks with people to find out what is important to them and how they would like the world to be different. Anna has a strong record of engagement with various communities, in policy and advocacy, and is particularly passionate about people who use drugs, women’s health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing.
If elected as an Academic Board member, Anna would like to advocate for: (1) the facilitation of information flow between senior executive officers and the CHM community; (2) staff well-being policies and activities; (3) CHM teaching facilities; and (4) the streamlining of administrative processes across research and teaching.
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