Amanda Wilson

Professor Amanda Wilson is a leading academic at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, where she serves as Head of School since 2025. Her career spans clinical research, public health, and health education, with significant contributions to health literacy, critical appraisal of medical news, and web-based health research. She co-founded the Media Doctor website for evaluating health reporting and received the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking (2005).

• Education: PhD in Medicine and Public Health (University of Newcastle), Master of Creative Arts (University of Newcastle), Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and BA (University of Newcastle)

Research Expertise focuses on health journalism, social desirability bias in alcohol studies, and AI in healthcare. Her recent 15 publications analyze topics like generative AI in education, mental health recovery in collectivist societies, and heart failure quality of life in Ethiopia.

Awards include the DVC(A) Educator Innovation and Impact Award (2018), Gladys M Brawn Fellowship (2016), and co-authorship on high-impact studies in journals like PLoS Medicine and Medical Journal of Australia.