Julie Burrows

Dr Julie Burrows is a Researcher at the University of Newcastle's Department of Rural Health in Tamworth, Australia. With a background in molecular microbiology and a decade of experience in food safety and clinical virology research, she transitioned to rural health equity studies in 2004. Her work bridges quantitative and qualitative research paradigms, focusing on longitudinal tracking of allied health and medical graduates' rural practice outcomes.

• PhD in Agriculture (University of Sydney, 2002)
• BSc (Hons) in Microbiology (University of Sheffield, UK)

Research Interests center on rural health workforce development, longitudinal studies of graduate outcomes, and qualitative research methods. She investigates how immersive clinical placements and rural-origin recruitment impact healthcare access equity. Her recent publications analyze teledermatology adoption, allied health service utilization for chronic conditions, and interprofessional education frameworks.

Grants include a 2017 CEEHE-funded project on 'Yearning to Yarn' to develop culturally responsive clinical teaching frameworks for Aboriginal health students. She supervises PhD and MPhil students in allied health and rural medicine, collaborating across disciplines in medicine, pharmacy, and mental health.

Collaborations span Australia and global institutions in the US, UK, and Finland. Her leadership in data management for the UONDRH allied health student follow-up study and role in the ARISE sepsis trial analysis highlight her methodological versatility in bench science and multicenter clinical trials.