Mrs Emma Muhlack
Lecturer
School of Public Health
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I am a Lecturer (teaching specialist) in the School of Public Health, with research interests in:- the sociology of recreational drug and alcohol use- public health ethics & medical bioethics- health communicationMy primary teaching areas are in health communication, academic literacy, and health ethics.
I am interested in qualitative and ethical drug and alcohol studies, particularly as relates to the social significance of alcohol and drug consumption, the ethics of public policy, and student learning & wellbeing.
If you're interested in working with me on a Summer Scholarship project, I have two Systematic Review projects available:
- How do illicit drug users find information about safe drug use?
- How do recreational drug users incorporate their drug use into their identity?
My PhD project examined low-risk drinkers and whether it’s ethically justifiable to intervene in their alcohol consumption in connection with the ARC Linkage Project "Public and ethical responses to mandated alcohol warning labels about increased long-term risk of cancer" (LP120200175). My supervisors were Associate Professor Jaklin Eliott, Dr Drew Carter, and Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Lecturer | The University of Adelaide |
| 2019 - 2021 | Associate Lecturer | The University of Adelaide |
| 2016 - 2018 | Marker | The University of Adelaide |
| 2015 - 2018 | Tutor | The University of Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - 2020 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2012 | Deakin University | Australia | M Comm (PR) |
| 2007 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | BA (Hons) (First Class, Phil) |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | PUAFER008 Confine small emergencies in a facility | Chubb Training Group | - |
| 2013 | HLTGA311A Apply First Aid | APL Group | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Muhlack, E., Carter, D., Braunack-Mayer, A., Morfidis, N., & Eliott, J. (2018). Constructions of alcohol consumption by non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a qualitative systematic review. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1016-1-1016-10. Scopus24 WoS26 Europe PMC13 |
| 2016 | Muhlack, E., Eliott, J., Carter, D., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2016). Ethical justifications in alcohol-related health warning discourses. Cancer Forum, 40(2), 97-104. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Muhlack, E. L., Eliott, J., Carter, D., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). Constructions of alcohol consumption among non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a South Australian study. Poster session presented at the meeting of 15th World Congress On Public Health. Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2016 | Muhlack, E. L., Eliott, J., Braunack-Mayer, A., Carter, D., & Morfidis, N. (2016). Responsibility, recreation, and gender: a systematic review of middle-aged non-problematised drinkers’ constructions of their alcohol consumption. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2016, as published in Drug and Alcohol Review. Sydney, NSW: Wiley. |
| 2016 | Muhlack, E. L., Braunack-Mayer, A., Carter, D., & Eliott, J. (2016). "Responsibility, Recreation, and Gender: a systematic review of middle-aged non-problematised drinkers’ constructions of their alcohol consumption". Poster session presented at the meeting of SA State Population Health Conference. Hindmarsh, SA. |
Current Projects:
- 2024: Chief Investigator, A mixed-methods exploration of student and staff understandings of reasonable adjustments to teaching and assessment (Adelaide Education Academy Learning and Teaching Advancement Grant)
Past Projects:
- 2015-2019: Recipient Australian Postgraduate Award
- 2015-2018: Recipient Marta Dusseldorp Cancer Council Research Scholarship
Course Co-Coordinator: HTLH SC 2012 Hacking Health (2022-ongoing). This course teaches Knowledge Translation practices.
In addition to my co-coordination of HLTH SC 2012, I lecture, teach and mark into a number of other courses across generalist public health, sociology of health, health systems, health ethics, research methods, health communication, and academic literacies.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Developing evidence based clinical and public health guidelines for people with lived experience (PLEX) of motor neuron disease (MND) in Australia. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Lara Stollery |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - 2019 | Member | Health Sciences HSW Committee | The University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - ongoing | Member | Australiasian Professional Society for Alcohol and other Drugs | Australia |
| 2016 - ongoing | Member | Public Health Association Australia | Australia |
| 2016 - ongoing | Member | Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) | - |
