Profile
Australia
Christine Connors is a General Practitioner and Public Health Physician who has been working in the Northern Territory for nineteen years, providing clinical and public health services to remote Aboriginal communities. She is currently the Program Director, NT Preventable Chronic Disease program, NT Department of Health & Community Services. She was involved in developing the NT Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy and has been leading its implementation in the Northern Territory. This has involved shifting the focus of remote clinic staff from acute reactive care to planned pro active care, to reduce the morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases. Christine was a member of the working group that developed the National Chronic Disease Strategy, and is a member of a number of national committees related to chronic diseases. Christine is involved in a number of research projects with Menzies School of Health Research and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health. She has been working with both government and non government services in a national participatory research project using a quality improvement approach and systems assessment to improve outcomes in chronic disease.
Articles contributed to by this person
Project Report 15 August 2006
Educating to improve population health outcomes in chronic disease: an innovative workforce initiative across remote, rural and Indigenous communities in northern Australia
Search
Register Now
About our regions
News & Events
Video Summary | Health care for incarcerated and recently released women in rural areas
article
read more
A community-based intervention to challenge attitudes towards intimate partner violence
article
Lipid metabolism in Arctic residents depends on ethnicity and lifestyle
article
Rethinking Remote 2025: Scotland's Rural Health Conference
web link
2025 National Nursing Forum, 23–25 July 2025, Canberra, Australia
web link
16th National Allied Health Conference: Empowering lives, shaping healthcare, 11–14 August 2025, Adelaide, Australia
web link
2025 Gayaa Dhuwi Conference, 28–29 August 2025, Garramilla (Darwin), Australia
web link
National Tribal Health Conference, 7–12 September 2025, Chandler, AZ, USA
web link
2025 National First Nations Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Conference, 15–17 September 2025, Gold Coast, Australia
web link
Rural Health Conference 2025 (PACASA, RuDASA, RuNurSA, RuReSA), 16–18 September 2025, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
web link
WONCA World Conference 2025: New Vision for Primary Health Care and Sustainable Development, 17–21 September 2025, Lisbon, Portugal
web link
NRHA 23rd Rural Health Clinic Conference, 23–24 September 2025, Kansas, MO, USA
web link
10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium, 8 & 9 October 2025, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
web link
Indigenous Wellbeing Conference 2025, 20–21 October 2025, Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia
web link
2025 Health Leadership Congress, 22–24 October 2025, Darwin, Australia
web link
Rural Medicine Australia Conference (RMA25), 22–25 October 2025, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
web link
Rural Mental Health Conference 2025 (RMHC25), 5–7 November 2025, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
web link
SARGA 2026, Rural Generalist Anaesthetist Conference, 12–14 February 2026, Barossa Valley, South Australia
web link
21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference, 10–13 April 2026, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
web link
33rd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference, 16–18 April 2026, Quebec City, Canada
web link
4th EURACT Medical Education Conference, 23–25 April 2026, Iasi, Romania
web link
11th Health Promotion Conference, 10–12 June 2026, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Harstad, Norway
web link
9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026, 10 & 11 September 2026, Gaborone, Botswana
web link
18th National Rural Health Conference, 14–17 September 2026, Adelaide, SA, Australia
World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2026, 17–19 September 2026, Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), New Zealand
web link
Connect with us
