Dr Dean Whitehead - Director

PhD; MSc; MPH; Bed.

Dean is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Medicine and Health at the University of Tasmania. He has a national/international reputation in his specialist fields of health promotion and health education theory and practice - with close to 200 peer-reviewed theoretical/research publications in these fields. He is the Regional Editor of Emerald’s Health Education and also an Associate Editor for BMC Public Health. His current research focus lies with Australasian-based health promotion projects that explore issues related to settings-based health promotion networks across the lifespan – and a related focus on health communication.