MBBS, BMedSci, MPH&TM, PhD, FRACGP, FARGP, GAICD
Dean, College of Medicine and Dentistry and Professor, Health Systems Strengthening
James Cook University
Dr Sarah Larkins is an experienced research leader, general practitioner and Dean, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, comprising disciplines of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Biomedicine and Molecular Cell Biology and Rural and Remote Health. As a clinician researcher, Sarah has particular skills and experience in health systems and workforce research and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research and is a recognised expert in social accountability in health professional education. Sarah has over 200 published peer-reviewed journal articles and several book chapters, with an h-index of 40, more than 5300 citations and over $100m in grant funding. She currently supervises 10 HDR students with 21 PhD completions.
Sarah’s particular focus is on collaborating to improve equity in health care services for underserved populations, particularly rural, remote, Indigenous and tropical populations, and on training a health workforce with appropriate knowledge, attitudes and skills for this purpose. She is a co-founder of the NHMRC-recognised Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre, a Research Stream leader for the Cooperative Research Centre Care Economy (Workforce Innovation) and a current member of the National Health and Medical Research Council Research Committee. Sarah has three young adult sons and loves travel, hiking and other outdoor activities.