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Dr Brett Shannon


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PhD in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Illinois, Chicago
2021 Roberta Sykes Scholarship


A proud Ngugi and Quandamooka man from South-East Queensland, Dr Brett Shannon is an Advanced Registrar in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, receiving his Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Queensland School of Medicine. 

Brett also holds a Bachelor of Business and Applied Science from the Queensland University of Technology and a Master of Applied Epidemiology from the Australian National University.

 As a recipient of an American Australian Association Scholarship (AAA), a John  Monash Scholarship and a Roberta Sykes Scholarship, Dr Brett Shannon will undertake a PhD in  Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago.

 Brett is an experienced Director and is the immediate past Chair of the Brisbane Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health service where he was a director for 9 years. Brett is the first known Aboriginal trainee in Occupational and Environmental medicine and has specific interest in Indigenous health and the impact of excess morbidity and mortality, along with the disparities in social and economic indicators that contribute towards much lower workforce participation rates and productivity loss.


Articles

Episode 22: The General Sir John Monash Scholars podcast featuring Dr Brett Shannon

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experience rates of injury three times higher than non-Indigenous Australians. I hope through my research we can find better ways to approach prevention and injury management, develop new clinical governance frameworks and models of care for management of occupational injuries particularly related to Indigenous and vulnerable populations of workers.

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