International Centre for Future Health Systems (ICFHS) welcomes Professor Jen Devoe - a global expert in primary care

We are delighted to welcome Professor Jennifer DeVoe as a Green Fellow. She is not new to Sydney, spending time at UNSW as a medical student. Professor  DeVoe earned her M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1999. Selected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1996, she also earned an M.Phil. and a D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. She completed her family medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in 2004.

Professor DeVoe is an internationally recognised leader in primary care, population health, and health systems equity. She has just completed her term as Chair of Family Medicine at OHSU in the United States and holds the Saultz Endowed Professorship. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014. She is widely known for her pioneering research examining how health systems can better serve individuals and communities experiencing disadvantage, financial hardship, and barriers to care.

Her work has focused extensively on access to healthcare, health insurance coverage, social determinants of health, and the design of learning health systems that integrate clinical care, data, policy, and community engagement. Professor DeVoe has been instrumental in advancing innovative approaches to primary care redesign, patient-centred care, and the use of electronic health data to improve equity and outcomes across populations.

As a Green Fellow, Professor DeVoe will contribute to strengthening international collaborations for ICFHS, advancing interdisciplinary research, and supporting new thinking in future health systems, primary care transformation, and health equity.

"We warmly welcome Professor DeVoe to UNSW Sydney and look forward to the important collaborations and shared learning ahead." — Foundation Director Professor Michael Kidd AO