Leanne is an academic specialising in Indigenous public health. She has a strong background as a health practitioner, executive manager in both the Australian Government and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, and as an international public health consultant. She has extensive experience teaching using a strengths-based approach as opposed to the deficit model, and supports other staff to utilise culturally-safe teaching practices across health professional education programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. She was a co-lead on the Game Changing Education - Embedding Indigenous knowledges in the training and development of the health workforce in a culturally safe transformative learning environment project, funded through both teaching fellowship and teaching innovation grants, which have been implemented in both the HaBS and Medicine faculties. Leanne brings this knowledge and experience to her role as Co-Chair of the World Federation of Public Health Associations' Public Health Professionals' Education and Training Working Group, which has published the results of a curriculum mapping project benchmarked against the Global Charter for the Public’s Health. She is also on the editorial team for the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Leanne and the Indigenous Health Education and Workforce Development team from UQ and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health were awarded two prestigious and highly competitive awards: the Business & Higher Education Roundtable Award for Outstanding Collaboration in Higher Education and Training, and the Australian Awards for University Teaching Award for Programs that Enhance Learning.
The outcomes of the research I have undertaken with the PHILE Network have led to improvements in Indigenous public health education and contributed to the scholarship of teaching and learning more generally. Specifically, I am one of the lead authors on the second edition of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Core Competency Standards Framework for MPH programs in Australia.
Journal Article: Practical competencies for public health education: a global analysis
Coombe, Leanne, Severinsen, Christina and Robinson, Priscilla (2020). Practical competencies for public health education: a global analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 65 (7), 1159-1167. doi: 10.1007/s00038-020-01459-3
Journal Article: Educating for Indigenous public health competence – how do we stack up in Australia?
Coombe, Leanne , Lee, Vanessa and Robinson, Priscilla (2019). Educating for Indigenous public health competence – how do we stack up in Australia?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43 (2), 143-148. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12872
Journal Article: Incorporating indigenous and non-indigenous worldviews through innovative text analysis: an evaluation of indigenous public health curricula
Lee, Vanessa, Coombe, Leanne, Mahoney, Ray, Allen, Craig and Robinson, Priscilla (2018). Incorporating indigenous and non-indigenous worldviews through innovative text analysis: an evaluation of indigenous public health curricula. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17 (1), 160940691881937. doi: 10.1177/1609406918819377
Other Outputs: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework
Genat, Bill, Lee, Vanessa, Allen, Craig, Robinson, Priscilla, Jessen, Janice, Angus, Lynnell, McLachlan, Elizabeth and Coombe, Leanne (2017). National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework. Public Health Indigenous Leadership in Education Network.
Journal Article: Integration models for indigenous public health curricula
Coombe, Leanne, Lee, Vanessa and Robinson, Priscilla (2016). Integration models for indigenous public health curricula. Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2016.1229269
Journal Article: Building capacity through action research curricula reviews
Lee, Vanessa, Coombe, Leanne and Robinson, Priscilla (2014). Building capacity through action research curricula reviews. Higher Education Research & Development, 34 (2), 324-337. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.957658
(2020–2025) NHMRC MRFF - Primary Health Care Research Initiative
Practical competencies for public health education: a global analysis
Coombe, Leanne, Severinsen, Christina and Robinson, Priscilla (2020). Practical competencies for public health education: a global analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 65 (7), 1159-1167. doi: 10.1007/s00038-020-01459-3
Educating for Indigenous public health competence – how do we stack up in Australia?
Coombe, Leanne , Lee, Vanessa and Robinson, Priscilla (2019). Educating for Indigenous public health competence – how do we stack up in Australia?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43 (2), 143-148. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12872
Lee, Vanessa, Coombe, Leanne, Mahoney, Ray, Allen, Craig and Robinson, Priscilla (2018). Incorporating indigenous and non-indigenous worldviews through innovative text analysis: an evaluation of indigenous public health curricula. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17 (1), 160940691881937. doi: 10.1177/1609406918819377
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework
Genat, Bill, Lee, Vanessa, Allen, Craig, Robinson, Priscilla, Jessen, Janice, Angus, Lynnell, McLachlan, Elizabeth and Coombe, Leanne (2017). National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework. Public Health Indigenous Leadership in Education Network.
Integration models for indigenous public health curricula
Coombe, Leanne, Lee, Vanessa and Robinson, Priscilla (2016). Integration models for indigenous public health curricula. Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2016.1229269
Building capacity through action research curricula reviews
Lee, Vanessa, Coombe, Leanne and Robinson, Priscilla (2014). Building capacity through action research curricula reviews. Higher Education Research & Development, 34 (2), 324-337. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.957658
Jaenecke, Saskia, Coombe, Leanne, Harrison, Roger, King, Laura Rasar and Robinson, Priscilla (2023). Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: an analysis of existing competency sets. Public Health in Practice, 5 100374, 100374. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2023.100374
Jeong, Keunwoo, Mallard, Alistair R., Coombe, Leanne and Ward, James (2023). Artificial intelligence and prediction of cardiometabolic disease: systematic review of model performance and potential benefits in indigenous populations. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 139 102534, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2023.102534
Is public health education and training adequately responding (or not) to emerging priorities?
Severinsen, Christina, Seeley, Geri, Coombe, Leanne and Robinson, Priscilla (2023). Is public health education and training adequately responding (or not) to emerging priorities?. Population Medicine, 5 (Supplement). doi: 10.18332/popmed/164365
Taylor, Jane, Roiko, Anne, Coombe, Leanne, Devine, Susan, Oldroyd, John, Hallett, Jonathan, Murray, Zoe, Nona, Francis, Canuto, Condy, Amato Ali, Dionne, Crawford, Gemma and Gurnett, Tracy (2023). Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia, Public health education for a sustainable future ‘Call to Action’, 2021. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47 (2) 100042, 100042. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100042
Sheeran, Nicola, Vallury, Kari, Sharman, Leah S., Corbin, Bonney, Douglas, Heather, Bernardino, Brenna, Hach, Maria, Coombe, Leanne, Keramidopoulos, Sophie, Torres-Quiazon, Regina and Tarzia, Laura (2022). Reproductive coercion and abuse among pregnancy counselling clients in Australia: trends and directions. Reproductive Health, 19 (1) 170, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12978-022-01479-7
Butler, Danielle, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Mathew, Saira, Nelson, Carmel, Brown, Renee, Gardner, Karen, Turner, Lyle, Coombe, Leanne, Roe, Yvette, Gao, Yu and Ward, James (2022). Study protocol: primary healthcare transformation through patient-centred medical homes—improving access, relational care and outcomes in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, a mixed methods prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12 (e061037) e061037, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061037
Mapping competency frameworks: implications for public health curricula design
Coombe, Leanne, Severinsen, Christina Anne and Robinson, Priscilla (2022). Mapping competency frameworks: implications for public health curricula design. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (5), 564-571. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13253
Quonoey, Jordyn, Coombe, Leanne and Willis, Jon (2022). Mandatory versus non-mandatory training in culturally safe practices for education staff at universities. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 18 (1), 19-25. doi: 10.1177/11771801221087825
Coombe, Leanne (2021). Interuniversity collaborations: a model for sustainable specialised public health education programmes. Teaching in Higher Education, 28 (7), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.1920576
Practical competencies for public health education: a global analysis
Coombe, Leanne, Severinsen, Christina and Robinson, Priscilla (2020). Practical competencies for public health education: a global analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 65 (7), 1159-1167. doi: 10.1007/s00038-020-01459-3
Educating for Indigenous public health competence – how do we stack up in Australia?
Coombe, Leanne , Lee, Vanessa and Robinson, Priscilla (2019). Educating for Indigenous public health competence – how do we stack up in Australia?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43 (2), 143-148. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12872
Lee, Vanessa, Coombe, Leanne, Mahoney, Ray, Allen, Craig and Robinson, Priscilla (2018). Incorporating indigenous and non-indigenous worldviews through innovative text analysis: an evaluation of indigenous public health curricula. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17 (1), 160940691881937. doi: 10.1177/1609406918819377
Students as partners in action: evaluating a university-wide initiative
Coombe, Leanne, Huang, Jasmine, Russell, Stuart, Sheppard, Karen and Khosravi, Hassan (2018). Students as partners in action: evaluating a university-wide initiative. International Journal for Students as Partners, 2 (2), 85-95. doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v2i2.3576
Integration models for indigenous public health curricula
Coombe, Leanne, Lee, Vanessa and Robinson, Priscilla (2016). Integration models for indigenous public health curricula. Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2016.1229269
Angus, Lynnell, Ewen, Shaun and Coombe, Leanne (2016). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health: online and integrated into core Master of Public Health subjects. Journal of Public Health Research, 5 (1) 675, 675-35. doi: 10.4081/jphr.2016.675
Coombe, Leanne (2015). Models of interuniversity collaboration in higher education – How do their features act as barriers and enablers to sustainability?. Tertiary Education and Management, 21 (4), 328-348. doi: 10.1080/13583883.2015.1104379
Australian higher education reforms – unification or diversification?
Coombe, Leanne (2015). Australian higher education reforms – unification or diversification?. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 37 (2), 125-143. doi: 10.1080/1360080X.2015.1019116
Building capacity through action research curricula reviews
Lee, Vanessa, Coombe, Leanne and Robinson, Priscilla (2014). Building capacity through action research curricula reviews. Higher Education Research & Development, 34 (2), 324-337. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.957658
Coombe, Leanne, Haswell-Elkins, Melissa R. and Hill, Peter S. (2008). Community governed health services in Cape York: Does the evidence point to a model of service delivery?. Australian Health Review, 32 (4), 605-612. doi: 10.1071/AH080605
Coombe, Leanne (2008). The challenges of change management in Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations. Are there learnings for Cape York health reform?. Australian Health Review, 32 (4), 639-647. doi: 10.1071/AH080639
Understanding (SaP) Partnerships: evaluating what works!
Coombe, Leanne, Huang, Jasmine, Khosravi, Hassan, Russell, Stuart and Sheppard, Karen (2018). Understanding (SaP) Partnerships: evaluating what works!. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA 2018), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 2-5 July 2018.
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework
Genat, Bill, Lee, Vanessa, Allen, Craig, Robinson, Priscilla, Jessen, Janice, Angus, Lynnell, McLachlan, Elizabeth and Coombe, Leanne (2017). National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework. Public Health Indigenous Leadership in Education Network.
Review of the Deakin University Master of Public Health Program
Mahoney, Ray and Coombe, Leanne (2015). Review of the Deakin University Master of Public Health Program. Melbourne, Australia: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, University of Melbourne.
Review of the University of Western Australia Master of Public Health Program
Anders, Wendy and Coombe, Leanne (2014). Review of the University of Western Australia Master of Public Health Program. Melbourne, Australia: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, University of Melbourne.
Arabena, Kerry, Howell-Meurs, Sarah, Coombe, Leanne, Shipp, Maurice, Shanahan, Nicole, Hanley, Judy, Bourke, Paul, Thatcher, Rebecca and Coutts, Sally (2014). Talking up Strong – Voices of Our Mob: Report for The Salvation Army on the Characteristics and Needs of Aboriginal Clients at Access Health, St Kilda, Victoria. University of Melbourne, Australia: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit.
Review of the Flinders University Master of Public Health Program
Coombe, Leanne, Lee, Vanessa and Baker, Jenny (2014). Review of the Flinders University Master of Public Health Program. Victoria, Australia: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit.
Muscat, Melody and Coombe, Leanne (2014). Review of the Menzies School of Health Research at Charles Darwin University Master of Public Health Program. Victoria, Australia: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit.
Review of the La Trobe University Master of Public Health Program
Coombe, Leanne, Lee, Vanessa and Stewart, Paul (2013). Review of the La Trobe University Master of Public Health Program. Melbourne, Australia: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, University of Melbourne.
Review of the University of Adelaide Master of Public Health Program
Coombe, Leanne and Lee, Vanessa (2013). Review of the University of Adelaide Master of Public Health Program. Melbourne, Australia: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, University of Melbourne.
Coombe, Leanne (2010). Independent Assessment of the APEC Health Working Group: Report to the APEC SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation. Singapore: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Allied Health Council Project, Final Project Report
Coombe, Leanne (2008). Allied Health Council Project, Final Project Report. Samoa: Ministry of Health.
(2020–2025) NHMRC MRFF - Primary Health Care Research Initiative
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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