Dr Jack Wallace
Senior Research Officer
Working groups
Background
Dr Jack Wallace's research looks at hepatitis B as a phenomenon where the biomedical, social, economic and political intersect, and investigates how viral hepatitis affects individuals and communities and shapes social relations and social practices. His projects have included needs assessments of hepatitis B in Australia and China, policy assessments of viral hepatitis in Taiwan, Indonesia and Tasmania, and investigations into how people with hepatitis B and health care workers understand and respond to hepatitis B.
He has worked in community, government and research sectors seeking to reduce the personal and community impact of blood borne viruses, particularly viral hepatitis. His role prior to undertaking research work was establishing the national peak organisation representing people living with viral hepatitis, Hepatitis Australia where he was the Executive Officer between 1998 and 2005. Jack's previous positions included managing a peer-based injecting drug user organisation in Queensland and as the Principal Program Advisor – Hepatitis C, for Queensland Health.
Jack is the Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council projects: Strengthening Community Responses to Chronic Hepatitis B, and “my health, our family”. Both of these projects looks at different aspects of the familial, social and cultural responses of hepatitis B to support the development of better public health policy, both nationally and internationally.
Qualifications
- PhD, La Trobe University
- Master of Social Sciences (International Development), RMIT
Appointments
- Adjunct Research Fellow, La Trobe University
- Adjunct Lecturer, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Arts and Social Sciences
- Executive and Founding member, Coalition to Eradicate Viral Hepatitis in Asia Pacific (CEVHAP)
Positions
- 2018, Senior Research Officer, Burnet Institute
- 2007 - 2017, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
- 1998- 2004, Executive Officer, Hepatitis Australia
- 1996-1998, Principal Program Adviser (Hepatitis C), Queensland Health
Burnet publications
View 42 moreKnowledge and Perceptions of Hepatitis B in Immigrant Populations: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Marvad Ahad et al
Mapping experiences of workplace stigma and discrimination within the lived-living experience of illicit drug use and bloodborne virus peer workforce: a scoping review
Harm Reduction Journal
Shannon Christensen et al
One size does not fit all: healthcare worker perspectives on hepatitis B models of care in a low-prevalence region in Australia
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Joshua Richmond et al
Reports and other work
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The Optimise Study: Vaccine preparedness
This report focuses on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines, as well as concerns and information needs regarding the vaccines.
The Optimise Study: Vaccine preparedness
Past projects
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The Optimise Study: Optimising Isolation, Quarantine and Distancing for COVID-19
This project aims to find out how Victorians are experiencing COVID-19 and responding to the measures introduced to stop the spread of the virus.
Optimising Quarantine
Understanding the experiences and needs of specific population groups during home-isolation/quarantine for COVID-19 to inform pandemic responses.
The elimination of hepatitis C as a global public health threat
This project addresses critical knowledge gaps in Australian and global efforts to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030.