About Professor Jennifer DeVoe

Professor DeVoe is an internationally recognised leader in primary care, population health, and health systems equity. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and 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. She has just completed her term as Chair of Family Medicine at OHSU and holds the Saultz Endowed Professorship. 

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 led major federally funded research programs, and her work strongly aligns with the International Centre for Future Health Systems' mission to shape equitable, sustainable, and future-focused health systems that respond to contemporary global challenges.

I have long admired the International Centre for Future Health Systems' commitment to advancing equitable, person-centred, and future-focused health systems through interdisciplinary collaboration and global engagement. As the world faces rising inequities, workforce pressures, chronic disease burden, there's an urgency to redesign systems around the needs of communities. I look forward to working with colleagues at UNSW and across international networks to explore innovative approaches to primary care, health system transformation and health equity for all.

– Professor Jen DeVoe