Toby Freeman

Toby Freeman

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

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

I am an Associate Professor at Stretton Health Equity, part of the University of Adelaide's Stretton Institute. My core research interest is how to redress growing health inequities. My areas of research include primary health care, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, healthy public policy, and the social determinants of health.

I was previously a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Southgate Institute for Health, Society, and Equity at Flinders University, and a policy officer at the South Australian Council of Social Service.

My interests are around policy engaged research on health and social inequities, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequities, health equity in public policy, and comprehensive primary health care.

Freeman, T., Baum, F., Fisher, M., Vandenberg, M., Jureidini, J., Larkin, S., Raven, M., & Walsh, J. (2023). Work and unemployment: vital to effective suicide prevention. MRFF Mental Health Research, $904,604.

Baum, F., & Freeman, T. (2023). Using collaborative systems modelling to understand complex health and wellbeing promotion issues. Wellbeing SA, $40,000.

Baum, F., Freeman, T., Williams, C. (2023). Building Equity in to Health in All Policies. Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics, Adelaide University, Wellbeing SA, and Healthy Tasmania, $30,000.

Fisher, M., Freeman, T., Vandenberg, M., & Baum, F. (2022). Priority populations in mental health and suicide prevention. National Mental Health Commission, $183,821.

Baum, F., Popay, J., Labonte, R., Kidd, M., Freeman, T., Gesesew, H., Fisher, M., Friel, S., Miller, E., &Musolino, C. (2020). Do Punching Above Weight Countries respond better to a pandemic? World Bank, $US50,000.

Baum, F., Anderson, W., Freeman, T., Lewis, V., Mackean, T., MacDougall, C., Osborne, K., & Legge, D. (2020). A History of Community Health in Australia. ARC, $265,000.

Baum, F., Delany-Crowe, T., van Eyk, H., Williams, C., Freeman, T., MacDougall, C., Fisher, M., Musolino, C., McGreevy, M., Barredo, M., Phillips, P., & Craig, J. (2018). Healthy South: Testing the feasibility of the rapid translation of Health in All Policies (HiAP) ideas to create healthy urban environments, create health promoting health services and stem the non-communicable disease epidemic in the Southern area of Adelaide. SA Academic Health Science and Translation Centre Rapid Applied Research Translation for Health Impact Grant, $199,863.

Freeman, T., Fisher, M., Ward, P., Osborne, R., Lawler, T., Biggs, J., & Robinson, M. (2017). Equity in access to, use of, and benefits from digital health strategies. Innovation Partnership Seed Grant, Flinders University, $50,000.

Baum, F., Freeman, T., Mackean, T., Sherwood, J., Ziersch, A., Askew, D., Browne, A., Dwyer, J., & Kidd, M. (2017) Decolonising practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care. National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant, $1.45m.

Baum, F., Javanparast, S., Fuller, J., Lawless, A., Reed, R., Ziersch, A., Freeman, T., & Mackean, T. (2013). Regional Primary Health Care Organisations: Population health planning, participation, equity and the extent to which initiatives are comprehensive. National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant, $1.0m.

I am available for Research Higher Degree supervision.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor To what extent have the practises of Victorian community health centres reflected the principles of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and subsequent WHO Global Health Promotion Conference documents? Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Richard Charles John Porter
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