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Associate Professor Peter Higgs

Principal Research Fellow; Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University
Background

Peter has a background in community development and has worked with marginalised populations for over 30 years in Melbourne, Sydney, Vietnam, Indonesia and China. His field-based research has been focused on risk and protection among people who inject drugs.  He maintains involvement in various studies of cohorts of injecting drug users in Melbourne and is available for supervision for Honours, Master and PhD student projects. 

Qualifications
  • BSW, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • MA, Victoria University, Australia
  • PhD, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Appointments
  • Adjunct Research Fellow, Department of EPM, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
  • Adjunct Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
  • Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University
Positions
  • Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University