Erica Bell Editor & Author

Dr Erica Bell is Deputy Director at the University Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmanai. She has 40 academic journal and conference papers and presentations across diverse subdisciplines of health and allied social services: adolescent substance abuse, domestic violence and child health, youth crime prevention, healthy ageing and falls prevention, chronic disease, hospital error and medical education reform. Her work in research methods for health policy and practice across these subdisciplines is represented in her OUP book Research for Health Policy. Erica also has a strong record of community-based research and policy consultancy work, being the author of 44 applied research reports that have developed policy and practice across health and education specialities and sectors. Prior to her employment in 2004 in rural health at the University of Tasmania she was a policy research manager in the Queensland government leading a diverse multidisciplinary research team.