Profiles And Contributions To This Article
Tribute to David Heaney
qualifications: DPhil FRCGP
contribution: Drafting of manuscript, Drafting of manuscript
position: Director, Centre for Rural Health
United Kingdom
Director of the Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen. Professor of primary care and rural health. Research interests include development and evaluation of complex interventions, in particular in the sphere of child health.
qualifications: MD
contribution: Drafting of manuscript, Drafting of manuscript
position: Emeritus Professor
Emeritus professor, General Practice, University of Edinburgh
qualifications: MBBS, BMedSc, MClSc, FRACGP, FACRRM
contribution: Drafting of manuscript, Drafting of manuscript
position: Founding Dean Emeritus
Australia
Rural Health education, workforce and services; family medicine/general practice.
qualifications: MD
contribution: Drafting of manuscript, Drafting of manuscript
position: Retired Physician and Researcher
Former Director, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen
qualifications: MA
contribution: Drafting of manuscript
position: Programme Manager for Project Development Support
20 years experience in transnational programme and project management, specialising in Northern European and the North Atlantic. Areas of interest: Economic development through Rural health, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, energy efficiency and cultural heritage in periphery regions.
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