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Leigh Tooth is a Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) at the University of Queensland's School of Public Health. She holds an affiliation with the Australian Women's and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Centre and has extensive expertise in maternal and child health, women's health, health inequalities, and socio-economic determinants of health. Her work includes leading the Mothers and their Children's Health (MatCH) study and contributing to the NHMRC-funded Centre for Research Excellence on Women and Non-Communicable Diseases (CRE WaND).
Dr. Tooth completed her PhD and first-class honours in Occupational Therapy at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on longitudinal health studies, including examining the relationship between maternal health and children's outcomes, and the impact of socio-economic factors on health disparities. She has been awarded a NHMRC Public Health Fellowship and has held roles such as NHMRC Fellow with the Longitudinal Studies Unit.
Her research interests span maternal and child health, women's health, health inequalities, and comorbidity. She has authored over 140 journal articles, book chapters, and research reports, contributing to fields like epidemiology, public health policy, and clinical interventions.
Dr. Tooth's work emphasizes translational research, advocating for evidence-based practices and interventions to improve health equity. She chairs the Data Access Committee of ALSWH and collaborates on projects addressing mental health and climate change, further demonstrating her commitment to comprehensive public health approaches.
