A/Prof (Dr) Amit Arora

Associate Professor, Western Sydney University

Associate Professor Amit Arora is a multi-award winning academic in the areas of public health and maternal/child health. He uses mixed-methods approach to research that focuses on the lived experiences of disadvantaged populations and provides novel solutions to promote health equity. His research and teaching practice focus on the experiences of marginalised populations such as culturally and linguistically diverse people, those with low socio-economic status, and people with low levels of health literacy. His work has generated innovative interdisciplinary approaches to link oral health and general health to support the lived experiences and health outcomes of vulnerable populations. Amit teaches within the Interprofessional Health Sciences team of the Bachelor of Health Science and its 12 affiliated programs and Postgraduate Public Health and Health programs. He employs a partnership-in-learning pedagogy to develop public health and health science professionals who are independent critical thinkers who work collaboratively, with empathy, and are able to address diverse and unexpected challenges. His commitment to influence, motivate and inspire students to learn was recognised with the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in 2022. Amit's teaching and research interests include include health promotion, life-course epidemiology, socio-economic inequality in health, prevention and management of chronic diseases and health literacy. He has widely collaborated in Australia and internationally in USA, UK, China, Europe and Asia. His success in public health research career is supported by a strong track record in research outputs, and a number of successful competitive grants funded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, State Government, Industry and Philanthropy. Prior to joining Western Sydney University, Amit taught in The University of Sydney and UNSW Australia in areas such as Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases, Maternal Reproductive and Child Health, Research Methods, Epidemiology, and Social Determinants of Health.