Professor Helen Bartlett - Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Gippsland campus)

As Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Gippsland), Professor Helen Bartlett is responsible for overseeing:

  • strategic direction, financial management and operational planning at the campus
  • the relationship between the campus, individual faculties and the wider university, particularly in regard to policy and program development
  • regional engagement, including industry and stakeholder partnerships.

Professional background

Professor Bartlett was appointed to her current position in 2008.

She is a member of the University's Senior Management Team.

Professor Bartlett has had an international career in higher education with extensive senior leadership experience in health and social sciences at universities in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Australia.

Prior to working with Monash, Professor Bartlett was the Foundation Director of the Australasian Centre on Ageing at the University of Queensland. She has also held senior academic appointments involving research capacity building at Curtin University's School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Department of Health Sciences and Oxford Brookes University's School of Health Care, where she was the Foundation Director of the Centre for Health Care Research and Development, and the Oxford Dementia Centre. 

Alongside her role as Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bartlett chairs the Gippsland Education Precinct, is a member of the Regional Management Forum for Regional Development Australia and is a Director of Apprenticeships Group Australia.

At Monash, she has been responsible for the introduction of a major agreement with the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, and, more recently, an innovative, whole-of-community project with The Smith Family.

Academic interests

Professor Bartlett has a Bachelor's degree in Nursing, a Master of Science in Public Policy and a Doctorate in Social Policy.

She has an international research record in gerontology, with a particular focus on healthy ageing and community care. During her career, Professor Bartlett has been awarded ARC and NHMRC project and program grants and state and federal government consultancies. She has published widely - including several books - and supervised over 35 higher research degree students.

Professor Bartlett remains actively involved in national capacity-building for ageing research. In addition to directing the Australian Emerging Researchers in Ageing initiative, she recently established the Ageing and Lifecourse research group at Monash University Gippsland and continues to write extensively on issues regarding population ageing in Australia and internationally.

Throughout her career, Professor Bartlett has built a reputation for developing mutually beneficial partnerships between universities, governments, industry and the wider community, and is passionate about improving participation rates in higher education.

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Contact

Angela Mazou
Executive Assistant to the PVC and President
Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and President
Monash University, Gippsland campus
Northways Road
Churchill, Victoria, 3842
Telephone: +61 3 9902 6489
Fax: +61 3 9902 6203
Email: angela.mazou@monash.edu