Dolly Baliunas

Dr. Dolly Baliunas is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the School of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Southern Queensland. She holds a BSc from Western Ontario, MSc and PhD from Toronto. Her affiliations include the Centre for Health Research. Her research focuses on public health interventions, particularly smoking cessation, substance use disorders, chronic disease management, and healthcare policy evaluation. She has contributed to studies on the impact of smoking cessation programs on healthcare costs, pandemic-related healthcare disruptions, and integrated care models for mood and substance use disorders.

Education: BSc (Western Ontario), MSc (Toronto), PhD (Toronto).

Her work emphasizes evidence-based approaches in healthcare delivery, with a focus on reducing disparities in access to addiction treatment. Recent articles explore the intersection of public health crises (e.g., pandemic impacts), stigma reduction for drug users, and cost-benefit analyses of smoking cessation interventions. She has collaborated on cluster randomized trials evaluating knowledge broker interventions and clinical decision support systems in primary care settings.