Joanne Flavel

Research Interests

Health Policy Health Promotion Migration Public Health

Dr Joanne Flavel

NHMRC Grant-Funded Senior Research Fellow

School of Public Health

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Joanne Flavel is a Senior Research Fellow at Stretton Health Equity in the Stretton Institute. She has qualifications and experience in economics and public health, and expertise in quantitative analysis. She worked at the Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity prior to joining Stretton Health Equity, and prior to that worked at the National Institute of Labour Studies.She leads the social epidemiology work at Stretton health Equity but her quantitative skills and social science background are interdisciplinary. Her current research focuses on health equity, social determinants of health, and labour market experiences of temporary migrants and refugees. She is a member of the international Punching Above Weight (PAW) Network, formed to advance thinking and research about why some countries do much better in terms of health outcomes than would be predicted by their economic status. She is also a Global Burden of Disease Collaborator.Alongside her academic position, Joanne is actively involved in the Public Health Association of Australia and the Australian Health Promotion Association. She is Co-convenor of the PHAA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Special Interest Group, Vice President and Membership Secretary for the PHAA South Australian Branch and a member of the PHAA Board. She is also a member of the AHPA SA branch committee and serves on national working groups. She has received several awards recognising her contributions to research and service and in 2025 she was made a Fellow of the Public Health Association of Australia.

Her current research projects include:

  • Restoring the fair go: which policies and practices are likely to reverse growing health inequities in Australia post-COVID-19

Students interested in undertaking research degrees supervised at Stretton Health Equity can contact Joanne about quantitative or mised methods research focused on

  • Health equity
  • Social determinants of health
  • Temporary migrant settlement outcomes including labour market outcomes, social determinants of health
  • Populations that experience health inequities (examples include people with disability, refugees and asylum seekers)

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Senior Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2022 - 2024 Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2020 - 2022 Research Fellow Flinders University
2018 - 2020 Senior Research Officer Flinders University
2016 - 2017 Research Fellow Flinders University

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Fellowship PHAA Fellowship Public Health Association of Australia Australia -
2025 Award Health Promotion Special Interest Group Early Career Award for Practice Public Health Association of Australia Australia -
2023 Award Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics Early Career Research Excellence Award University of Adelaide Australia -
2023 Award School of Social Sciences Early Career Research Excellence Award University of Adelaide Australia -
2023 Achievement Finalist University Award for Early Career Excellence in Research University of Adelaide Australia -
2023 Award Early Career Professional Development Award Australasian Epidemiological Association Australia -
2022 Award Distinguished Member Award Australian Association of Gerontology Australia -
2022 Award SA Branch President's Award Public Health Association of Australia Australia -
2022 Award Health Promotion SIG Early Career Award for Research Public Health Association of Australia Australia -
2022 Award Emerging Leader Award Public Health Association of Australia Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2020 University of Adelaide Australia Graduate Certificate in Public Health
2016 Flinders University Australia PhD
2005 University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree in Economics

Date Title Institution name Country
2023 Registered Health Promotion Practitioner International Union for Health Promotion and Education -

Year Citation
2025 Musolino, C., Baum, F., Flavel, J., Freeman, T., McKee, M., Chi, C., . . . Villar, E. (2025). Caring During COVID-19: A Study of Intersectionality and Inequities in the Care Economy in 16 Countries. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 55(1), 16-32.
DOI
2025 GBD 2019 Acute and Chronic Care Collaborators. (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.. Nature Communications, 16(1), 4235-1-4235-36.
DOI WoS11 Europe PMC7
2025 Stearn, A., Baldock, J. A., Morris, J. N., Flavel, J., & Baum, F. (2025). Homelessness and cancer care: a missing priority in the Australian Cancer Plan.. Med J Aust, 223(10), 504-507.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 Foley, K., Freeman, T., Wood, L., Flavel, J., Parry, Y., & Baum, F. (2024). Logic modelling as hermeneutic praxis: Bringing knowledge systems into view during comprehensive primary health care planning for homelessness in Australia. Health, 28(5), 673-697.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 van den Berg, M., Flavel, J., Schram, A., Friel, S., Gesesew, H. A., & Baum, F. (2024). Social, cultural and political conditions for advancing health equity: examples from eight country case studies (2011–2021). BMJ Global Health, 9(Suppl 1), e015694-1-e015694-12.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2024 Musolino, C., Freeman, T., Flavel, J., & Baum, F. (2024). Non-government advocacy for health equity: evidence from Australia. Health Promotion International, 39(6), daae148-1-daae148-12.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2024 Baum, F., Musolino, C., Freeman, T., Flavel, J., Ceukelaire, W. D., Chi, C., . . . Villar, E. (2024). Thinking politically about intersectoral action: Ideas, Interests and Institutions shaping political dimensions of governing during COVID-19. Health policy and planning, 39(S2), i75-i92.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC4
2024 Soltani, A., Harrison, J., Ryder, C., Flavel, J., & Watson, A. (2024). Police and hospital data linkage for traffic injury surveillance: A systematic review. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 197, 21 pages.
DOI Scopus22 WoS19 Europe PMC8
2024 Flavel, J., Kedzior, S., Isaac, V., Cameron, D., & Baum, F. (2024). Regional health inequalities in Australia and social determinants of health: analysis of trends and distribution by remoteness. Rural and Remote Health, 24(1), 7726-1-7726-11.
DOI Scopus24 WoS26
2024 Schumacher, A. E., Kyu, H. H., Aali, A., Abbafati, C., Abbas, J., Abbasgholizadeh, R., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 1989-2056.
DOI Scopus661 WoS362 Europe PMC580
2024 GBD 2021 Fertility and Forecasting Collaborators. (2024). Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2057-2099.
DOI Scopus328 WoS276 Europe PMC235
2024 Naghavi, M., Ong, K. L., Aali, A., Ababneh, H. S., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2100-2132.
DOI Scopus1677 WoS1580 Europe PMC1489
2024 Ferrari, A. J., Santomauro, D. F., Aali, A., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbastabar, H., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2024). Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2133-2161.
DOI Scopus2890 WoS989 Europe PMC2505
2024 Flavel, J., Freeman, T., Musolino, C., & Baum, F. (2024). Health promotion and the need to accelerate advocacy for health equity. Health Promotion International, 39(3), daae040-1-daae040-4.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2024 Brauer, M., Roth, G. A., Aravkin, A. Y., Zheng, P., Abate, K. H., Abate, Y. H., . . . Aldridge, R. W. (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2162-2203.
DOI Scopus1601 WoS1489 Europe PMC1470
2024 Vollset, S. E., Ababneh, H. S., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasian, M., . . . Alrawashdeh, A. (2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2204-2256.
DOI Scopus584 WoS528 Europe PMC498
2024 Ciobanu, L. G., Baryshnikova, N. V., Jawahar, M. C., Toben, C. G., Sokolenko, E., Arnet, V. K., . . . Clark, S. R. (2024). Pre-COVID life expectancy, mortality, and burden of diseases for adults 70 years and older in Australia: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 47, 101092-1-101092-14.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2024 Flavel, J., Due, C., Howe, J., & Ziersch, A. (2024). Refugee women and work: Evidence from an Australian longitudinal study. International Migration, 62(6), 1-21.
DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2023 Flavel, J., Wood, L., Freeman, T., Vallesi, S., Foley, K., Parry, Y., & Baum, F. (2023). Counting homelessness: Working creatively to generate complex descriptive profiles of the health and demographics of people experiencing homelessness in Adelaide. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58(3), 669-684.
DOI Scopus4 WoS5
2023 Marjadi, B., Flavel, J., Baker, K., Glenister, K., Morns, M., Tryantafylou, M., . . . Gardiner, P. (2023). Twelve Tips for Inclusive Practice in Healthcare Settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 1-11.
DOI Scopus32 Europe PMC18
2023 Freeman, T., Baum, F., Musolino, C., Flavel, J., McKee, M., Chi, C., . . . Villar, E. (2023). Illustrating the impact of commercial determinants of health on the global COVID-19 pandemic: Thematic analysis of 16 country case studies. Health Policy, 134, 104860-1-104860-11.
DOI Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC8
2023 GBD 2019 Australia Collaborators. (2023). The burden and trend of diseases and their risk factors in Australia, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health, 8(8), e585-e599.
DOI Scopus66 WoS48 Europe PMC54
2022 Flavel, J., McKee, M., Freeman, T., Musolino, C., Van Eyk, H., Tesfay, F. H., & Baum, F. (2022). The need for improved Australian data on social determinants of health inequities. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(8), 388-391.
DOI Scopus16 WoS14 Europe PMC10
2022 Baum, F., Paremoer, L., Flavel, J., Musolino, C., & Labonte, R. (2022). Can the world become a place where the planet and all people flourish after the pandemic?. BMJ, 377, e067872-1-e067872-5.
DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2022 Roesler, A., Musolino, C., Eyk, H., Flavel, J., Freeman, T., Fisher, M., . . . Baum, F. (2022). Conducting a rapid health promotion audit in suburban Adelaide, South Australia: Can it contribute to revitalising health promotion?. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(2), 488-498.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2022 Flavel, J., & Baum, F. (2022). The influence of socio-economic conditions on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(7), 344-345.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC5
2022 Flavel, J., McKee, M., Tesfay, F. H., Musolino, C., Freeman, T., van Eyk, H., & Baum, F. (2022). Explaining health inequalities in Australia: the contribution of income, wealth and employment. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28(6), 474-481.
DOI Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC12
2022 Kyu, H. H., Vongpradith, A., Sirota, S. B., Novotney, A., Troeger, C. E., Doxey, M. C., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2022). Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(11), 1626-1647.
DOI Scopus210 WoS164 Europe PMC198
2022 Flavel, J., Musolino, C., & Freeman, T. (2022). The need for improved Australian data on social determinants of health inequities. Medical Journal of Australia, 217(6), 325.
DOI Europe PMC2
2021 Due, C., Callaghan, P., Reilly, A., Flavel, J., & Ziersch, A. (2021). Employment for women with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in Australia: An overview of workforce participation and available support programmes. International Migration, 63(1), 16 pages.
DOI Scopus12 WoS10
2021 Baum, F., Freeman, T., Musolino, C., Abramovitz, M., De Ceukelaire, W., Flavel, J., . . . Villar, E. (2021). Explaining covid-19 performance: What factors might predict national responses?. BMJ, 372, 4 pages.
DOI Scopus92 WoS72 Europe PMC52
2017 Flavel, J. (2017). An Analysis of the Impact of Health on Occupation. Economic Record, 93(S1), 86-104.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2007 Flavel, J. (2007). The aged care workforce: methods to increase supply to remedy possible shortages. Autralian Bulletin of Labour.

Year Citation
2023 Harrison, J., Watson, A., & Flavel, J. (2023). A National Approach to Measuring Non-fatal Crash Outcomes Stage 2: An Australian Approach.
2022 Ziersch, A., Due, C., Howe, J., Walsh, M., Miller, E., & Flavel, J. (2022). Pathways to employment for social inclusion, health & wellbeing for women from refugee backgrounds.
2022 Flavel, J., van Eyk, H., & Baum, F. (2022). Intersectoral models to build healthy public policy: A review of the evidence. Adelaide, SA: The University of Adelaide.
2021 Flavel, J., Freeman, T., Baum, F., Wood, L., Foley, K., Vallesi, S., & Parry, Y. (2021). A Profile of the Homeless Population in Adelaide.
2020 Musolino, C., Baum, F., Womersley, R., Van Eyk, H., Freeman, T., Flavel, J., & Earl, C. (2020). SA: The Heaps Unfair State: Why have Health Inequities Increased in South Australia and how can this be Reversed?.
2019 Flavel, J., Baum, F., Musolino, C., Freeman, T., & van Eyk, H. (2019). SA: The Heaps Unfair State: The Statistical Report..
2018 Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., Mahuteau, S., Isherwood, L., Goode, A., Walton, H., . . . Flavel, J. (2018). Evaluation of the NDIS.
2017 Mavromaras, K., Knight, G., Isherwood, L., Crettenden, A., Flavel, J., Karmel, T., . . . Wei, Z. (2017). THE AGED CARE WORKFORCE 2016. Commonwealth of Australia.
2007 Tan, Y., & Richardson, S. (2007). University employment review to 2016.
2007 Hancock, K., Bai, C., Flavel, J., & Lane, A. (2007). Industrial Relations and Productivity in Australia.
2006 Richardson, S., Tan, Y., Lane, A., & Flavell, J. (2006). Reasons why persons with VET qualifications are employed in lower skilled occupations and industries. Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), Australia.

Year Citation
2016 Flavel, J. (2016). Interactions between Health and Labour Market Outcomes over the Life Course. (PhD Thesis, Flinders University).

Flavel J. A systematic review of social determinants of health impacting on migrant health. ABLE Early Career Development Grant 2025. $4,948.

Van den Berg M, Freeman F, Flavel J, Jureidini J, Raven M, Aboustate N, Fisher M, Baum F. Quantitative analysis of the relationship between employment status and working conditions, and suicide. ABLE Interdisciplinary Demonstrator Grant 2024. $6,095.

Glenister K, Flavel J., Hamilton A. Understanding rurality and socioeconomic disadvantage inequities in cardiovascular health and costs. Heart Foundation 45 & Up Cardiovascular Research Grant 2024. $130,000.

Vosko L, King A, Garnier A, Noack, A, Gabriel C, Stringer C, Wright, C, Gesualdi-Fecteau, D, Bélanger D, Tungohan E, Xu F, Collins F, Hanley, J, Howe J, Flavel J et al. Liberating Migrant Labour? International Mobility Programs in Settler-Colonial Contexts. Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Development Grant 2023. $2,499,975 (Canadian dollars).

Flavel J. Improving our understanding of gender and health inequities in Australia. Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics Internal Research Funding Establishment Grant 2022, $4,954.56.

Flavel J, Baum, F, Freeman, T, Cameron, D, Isaac, V. Examining regional health inequalities in Australia and social determinants of health. Flinders Foundation Seed Grant 2020, $23,995.

Flavel, J., Baum, F., Freeman, T, McKee, M. Examining increasing health inequities in Australia: the contribution of employment, income and wealth. Flinders Foundation Seed Grant 2019, $24,513.

Ziersch, A., Due, C., Block, K., Walsh, M., Flavel, J.  Supporting resettlement and health and wellbeing for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds: Developing and piloting a measure of integration. Flinders Foundation Seed Grant 2019, $24,956

Torrens University

Guest Lecturer, Health Promotion in Practice 2023

Flinders University

Guest Lecturer, Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing 2021 and 2022

External Examiner

I have acted as external examiner for Masters theses at Flinders University and Macquarie University

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2020 - 2022 Principal Supervisor SA health inequalities and social determinants of health – Capital City vs Rest of state Flinders University Advanced Studies MD Other Full Time Nae Hassan Ali Pour

Date Role Board name Institution name Country
2024 - ongoing Board Member Public Health Association of Australia Board Public Health Association of Australia Australia

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2023 - ongoing Member South Australia Branch Executive Committee Australian Health Promotion Association Australia
2021 - ongoing Member Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Special Interest Group Committee Public Health Association Australia Australia
2020 - ongoing Member South Australian Branch Executive Committee Public Health Association Australia Australia
2018 - ongoing Member Policy Newsletter Committee Australian Health Economics Society Australia

Date Role Membership Country
2021 - ongoing Member Australian Health Promotion Association Australia
2020 - ongoing Member Australasian Epidemiological Association Australia
2019 - ongoing Member Public Health Association Australia Australia
2017 - ongoing Member Australian Association of Gerontology Australia

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2023 - ongoing Member Health Promotion International Oxford University Press United Kingdom

Date Office Name Institution Country
2024 - ongoing Vice President South Australia Executive Committee Public Health Association Australia Australia
2022 - ongoing Co-Convenor Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Special Interest Group Public Health Association Australia Australia
2022 - 2023 Events Coordinator South Australia Branch Executive Committee Public Health Association Australia Australia
2021 - ongoing Membership Secretary South Australian Branch Executive Committee Public Health Association Australia Australia
2019 - 2021 Convenor of the Student and Early Career Group Professional Development and Events Working Group Australian Association of Gerontology Australia

Date Title Type Institution Country
2023 - ongoing Academic journal review Journal Review Health Promotion international -
2021 - ongoing Academic journal review Journal Review Medical Journal of Australia Australia

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