Associate Professor Alyce Wilson
Honorary Principal Research Fellow
Working groups
Background
A/Prof Alyce Wilson is a Public Health Physician and Honorary Principal Research Fellow in global maternal, child and adolescent health at Burnet Institute.
She is an Australian medical doctor with postgraduate qualifications in public health and obstetrics and gynaecology. Alyce is a fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians and completed a PhD examining the quality of maternal and newborn care in Papua New Guinea.
Further to her role at Burnet, Alyce is Deputy Director at Gippsland Region Public Health Unit and holds honorary positions at the University of Melbourne and Monash University. Alyce is available to supervise public health medicine trainees and research students.
Qualifications
- 2022 – Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
- 2022 – Fellowship, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 2018 – Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- 2018 – Master of Public Health, University of Melbourne
- 2015 – Doctor of Medicine, University of Melbourne
- 2008 – Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours, Deakin University
- 2007 – Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Monash University
Appointments
- 2023–present: Senior Fellow (Hon), Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
- 2023–present: Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
- 2023–present: Principal Research Fellow, International Development Discipline, Burnet Institute
- 2022–present: Committee Member, Victorian Regional Committee, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 2021–present: Clinical Senior Fellow (Hon), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne/Mercy Hospital
- 2019–present: Affiliate Senior Lecturer, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University
- 2022–2023: Honorary Senior Research Fellow, International Development Discipline, Burnet Institute
- 2018–2022: Editorial Board Member, O&G Magazine, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- 2020–2022: Co-Chair, International Consortium on Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights
- 2020–2022: Policy and Advocacy Committee Member, Victorian Registrar Representative, Chair National Trainees Committee, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 2018–2020: Australia/New Zealand Steering Committee Member, Need for Nutrition/Education Innovation Programme (NNEdPro), Cambridge University
Positions
- 2022–current: Deputy Director and Public Health Physician (Gippsland Region Public Health Unit)
- 2014–current: Senior Lecturer (Melbourne Medical School and Melbourne School of Global and Public Health, University of Melbourne)
- 2018–2022: Public Health Physician and Senior Research Fellow (Burnet Institute)
- 2022–2022: Senior Medical Advisor (Public Health Strategy and Policy, COVID-19 Response Division, Department of Health, Victoria)
- 2018–2022: Medical Doctor (Women’s Health Clinics, Royal Women’s Hospital)
Burnet publications
View 56 moreEffectiveness of education and training programmes to help clinicians assess and classify perineal tears: a systematic review
BMJ Open
Grace Simpson et al
“If I am alive, I am happy”: Defining quality of care from the perspectives of key maternal and newborn health stakeholders in Papua New Guinea
PLOS Global Public Health
Lachlan M. Faktor et al
Mapping nutrition within medical curricula in Australia and New Zealand: a cross-sectional content analysis
BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health
Ryan King, Claire Palermo, Alyce N. Wilson
Past projects
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COVID-19 Journey Project
The project documents the maternity health system response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the impact on the health workforce, women and babies.
HMHB: Quality of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Newborn Health Services Study
This study was designed to improve health services, especially antenatal, labour and birth, in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province.
Experiences of receiving or providing maternity care during COVID-19 pandemic: The CovMat Study
CovMat was a national collaborative study that aimed to explore the experiences of receiving or providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
