Catherine Trundle

Catherine Trundle is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at La Trobe University within the Health & Society school. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2009) and specializes in medical anthropology and ethnography. Her work focuses on environmental health, climate justice, and social determinants of health, with a particular emphasis on marginalized communities. She co-leads the Health Ethnographies Collaboratory, an interdisciplinary network promoting ethnographic approaches in health research.

• Teaches courses like Qualitative Methods in Health Research (PHE5QMH) and Social and Cultural Perspectives in Public Health (PHE5SCP)
• Conducts funded research including evaluations of veterans' wellbeing programs and climate adaptation strategies
• Explores creative research methods through poetry and collaborative art projects

Key research themes include contested illness narratives, ethical frameworks for climate adaptation, and decolonizing university pedagogy. Her recent work addresses heat stress in Australia and Indigenous student support systems.