Dr Hazel Dalton

qualifications: PhD

position: Senior Research Fellow in Rural Public Health

department: Rural Health Research Institute

Hazel is a Senior Research Fellow of Rural Public Health at Charles Sturt University's Rural Health Research Institute. She's also Co-Chair of the Rural Behavioral Health Collaborative special interest group of the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership and an Adjunct Associate Professor, at the University of Canberra’s Mental Health Policy Unit. Hazel has extensive experience in managing research on health service provision innovations, integrated care, mental health promotion, and rural suicide prevention. She's particularly interested in translating and communicating research to support programs and inform policy. Hazel has a diverse research background, including conceptual modelling, quantitative, and qualitative research approaches. From 2016-2022, she was Research Leader and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle’s Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH). She remains an Honorary Senior Lecturer with the University of Newcastle, and an affiliate with the Hunter Medical Research Institute’s Healthy Minds Program.