
PhD, MPH, BSc (Biomedical)
Qualifications: PhD, MPH, BSc (Biomedical)
Heike Schütze is a Senior Adjunct Lecturer in the Office of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, and an Honorary Senior Fellow in Graduate Medicine, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health at the University of Wollongong. 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
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). Community Working at Recovery and Resilience in Olinda and Rylstone (Community WARRIOR). National Recovery and Resilience Agency (2022-2024), $1,402,385.
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
Abdul Kadir, Nurhira | Medical educators’ attitudes, beliefs, and practices of teaching public health in Indonesian undergraduate medical schools | Doctor of Philosophy |
Balhatchet, Belinda | A band aid over a gaping wound: An exploration of wellbeing in Australian surgical trainees | Doctor of Philosophy |
Kehoe, Helen | An analysis of MBS and PBS changes to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care access 1996-2016 | Doctor of Philosophy |
Completed
Wijayanti, Kurnia | Parents Attitudes towards Preventing Cervical Cancer through Human Papillomavirus Vaccination | Doctor of Philosophy |
Sandell, Tiffany | Development, implementation and evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a shared cancer model of care | Doctor of Philosophy |