Enhancing Workers' Disability Prevention Outcomes: Conversation with Alex Collie

Expert Series: PREMUS, WDPI, & MYOPAIN

Alex Collie is an accomplished scholar in applied public health and social policy. His career started in brain injury and trauma and his current focus of research is workers compensation and injury prevention. He actively contributes to global work and health research and is dedicated to improving workers' compensation schemes and advancing evidence-based rehabilitation after compensable injuries.

In this episode, we talk about his entry into the field of occupational health and his research and interests in psychology, work injury rehabilitation, and social protection schemes for personal injury. If you work in workers disability prevention, are part of a labor organization or movement, look at compensation structures or are in a similar field of research, then this episode is for you.

At PREMUS, WDPI, & Myopain 2023, Prof. Collie is giving a keynote speech titled 'How insurance systems can affect work disability prevention'.

Professor Alex Collie is the Director of the Healthy Working Lives Research Group and Co-Director of the Division of Health Services Systems and Policy, in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2020 to 2024) and a Churchill Fellow.

Further Reading Links:

1. Alex Collie's Bio on Monash University
2. Cross Jurisdiction Comparative Research in Work Disability Prevention: Introduction to the Special Series

Disclaimer: Guest's views and opinions are their own and do not reflect those of the PREMUS, WDPI, & MYOPAIN 2023 Conference, its organizers, or of Recoup Health. The content provided in this series is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please seek counsel from a qualified healthcare professional for any health related decisions you need to make on behalf of yourself or a loved one.