Episode 57 - The Public Health Workforce with Dr Rory Watts

We are joined in this episode by Dr Rory Watts who recently graduated with a PhD from the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Western Australia. Rory has had an interesting journey through academia and the private sector that has seen him study in the areas of medical science and public health, ultimately focusing on the area of health economics. Rory is currently employed by the World Health Organization (WHO) where he works designing mathematical models that can be used to respond to global health issues as they occur. Rory also runs his own consulting firm Forecast Health Australia that assists decision makers in the health sector to make decisions about health policy and resources. If all of this wasn't enough, Rory is also an accomplished lecturer who has taught a range of units in the medicine and public health degrees at UWA. Rory discusses his current work, and also the work he did during his PhD looking at various aspects of the public health workforce in Australia. We hope you enjoy our conversation As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com or via twitter @healthmeanswhat