Dr Heike Schutze
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
PhD, MPH, BSc (Biomedical)
Medicine & Health
Faculty Office
Qualifications: PhD, MPH, BSc (Biomedical)
Heike Schütze is an Honorary Associate Professor in Graduate Medicine, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health at the University of Wollongong, and a Senior Adjunct Lecturer in the Office of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney. Her research interests include health services and translational research, with a focus on primary health care; developing, implementing and evaluating interventions to improve health and social outcomes, especially in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, other indigenous and minority populations. She specialises in qualitative and mixed methods research. Her teaching expertise in is public health, research methods, chronic disease prevention and management, evidence-based practice and health equity.
Society Memberships & Professional Activities
- Public Health Association of Australia
- Public Health Association NSW Branch (Secretary)
- Public Health Association NSW Branch (Treasurer)
- International Union of Health Promotion and Education
- Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
E-mail
Location
Level 2, Wallace Worth Building, UNSW Australia
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Schütze H (CIA). Ground Reinforcement & Operational Workshop (GROW) Project. Foundation for Regional Renewal (FRRR), (2026-7), $19,200.
Schütze H (CIA). MWRC Community Grant, (2026), $2,687
Schütze H (CIA). Community Business Grant. Community Charity Shop Kandos. (2026), $1000.
Schütze H (CIA). Community Business Grant. Community Charity Shop Kandos. (2026), $1000.
Schütze H (CIA). RRCA Solar. Stronger Communities Programme. Australian Government Department
of Industry, Science and resources, (2025-2026), $10,012.
Schütze H (CIA). Volunteers Grant. Australian Government Department of Social Services, (2025),
$1,200.
Schütze H (CIA). Community Working at Recovery and Resilience in Olinda and Rylstone (Community WARRIOR). National Recovery and Resilience Agency (2022-2024), $1,542,620.
Schütze H (CIA) and the Rylstone-Kandos Rotary Club. Rebuilding Community one fence at a time. Rotary Australia World Community Service Limited Bushfire Fund Grant, (2022), $48,000.
Schütze H (CIA) and Sim D. Community-driven recovery in Olinda-Rylstone and Running Stream. NSW Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund (2021-2023), $854,602.
Schütze H (CIA). Aiding Recovery and Resilience in Olinda-Rylstone (ARROw). NSW Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund Grant (2021-2023), $285,604.
Schütze H (CIA). UOW School of Health and Society National Conference Support, (2019), $4211.
Schütze H (CIA). CESPHN After Hours Innovation and Service Grants (2016-2017); AUD$84,444
Schütze H (CIA) and MacPhail C. Needs assessment for IWHC. UOW School of Health and Society Research Support (2017), $3753.
Schütze H (CIA). National Health and Medical Research Council Training Scholarship for Indigenous Health Research (2011-2014); AUD$92,314.78
My Research Supervision
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Balhatchet, Belinda |
A band aid over a gaping wound: An exploration of wellbeing in Australian surgical trainees (2019- ) |
Doctor of Philosophy | Primary Supervisor |
Completed
| Kehoe, Helen |
Development and application of a decolonising policy analysis framework for improving Aboriginal and Torres Islander peoples access to primary health care (2018-2024) | Doctor of Philosophy | Co Supervisor |
| Kadir, Nurhira Abdul | Medical educators’ attitudes, beliefs, and practices of teaching public health in Indonesian undergraduate medical schools (2018-2024) | Doctor of Philosophy | Primary Supervisor |
| Wijayanti, Kurnia | Parents Attitudes towards Preventing Cervical Cancer through Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (2018-2023) | Doctor of Philosophy | Primary Supervisor |
| Sandell, Tiffany | Development, implementation and evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a shared cancer model of care (2019-2023) | Doctor of Philosophy | Primary Supervisor |
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Tahourdin, Sarah |
COVID-19 and the impact on Honours students’ research in the School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong (2020) | Honours | Primary Supervisor |
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Bowring-Greer, Olivia | The Impact of the Black Summer Bushfires on the Olinda Community (2020) | Honours | Primary Supervisor |
| Deroy, Sarah | Factors supporting Aboriginal Health Worker retention rates: An evaluative case study of Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation (2017-2018) | Honours | Primary Supervisor |