Brighter Beginnings First 2000 Days Summit
Dr Michael Hodgins
Senior Research Associate with the UNSW Population Child Health Research Group
Dr Michael Hodgins is a Senior Research Associate with the UNSW Population Child Health Research Group. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Western Sydney University for which he won the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in 2022, and a Masters in Qualitative Health Research at The University of Sydney. He has more than 10 years’ experience conducting qualitative research in healthcare. This work has included exploring health priorities and knowledge translation in community based palliative care, knowledge translation in youth health, the delivery of mental health services to rural populations, and the evaluation of health implementation initiatives. His research has contributed to methodology, theory, and practice in the diverse fields of knowledge translation, implementation science, policymaking, participatory research, arts-based research, palliative care, mental health, paediatrics, health management, and qualitative methods
NSW Health acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land across NSW, whose cultures and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land.
We would like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and the hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.