Prof Niki Ellis - Researcher Profile

Biography

Professor Niki Ellis is the CEO of the Institute of Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research at Monash University.  She is an occupational physician and a public health physician.

She was the Inaugural President of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the Foundation Director and Professor of the Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health at the University of Queensland.

Before becoming an academic she worked for 10 years in the private sector as a consultant and prior to that for 10 years in government.

Oxford University Press commissioned her to write Work and Health:  Management in Australia and New Zealand, which was published in 2001.

She co-developed and presented a four-part television series for the ABC, Stressbuster.

Qualifications

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Institution: Univeristy of Sydney

Year awarded: 1991

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, BACHELOR OF SURGERY

Institution: The University of Tasmania

Year awarded: 1978

Publications

Book Chapters

Ellis, N., 2003, Employer attitudes to ethics in occupational health, in Practical Ethics in Occupational Health, eds Peter Westerholm, Tore Nilstun, John Ovretveit, Radcliffe Medical Press, San Francisco, pp. 263-282.

Journal Articles

Ellis, N., Johnston, V., Gargett, S., Mackenzie, A., Strong, J., Battersby, M., McLeod, R., Adam, K., Jull, G., 2010, Does self-management for return to work increase the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation for chronic compensated musculoskeletal disorders?-Protocol for a randomised controlled trial, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders [P], vol 11, Biomed Central, London UK, pp. 1-6.

Palmer, J., Ellis, N., 2008, A layered approach to horizon scanning: Identifying future issues in military and veterans' health, Journal of Futures Studies [P], vol 12, issue 4, Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 77-92.

Ellis, N., Mackenzie, A., Mobbs, R., 2008, Compensation and wellness: A conflict for veterans' health, Australian Health Review [P], vol 32, issue 2, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Strawberry Hills NSW Australia, pp. 308-312.

Brooks, P.M., Robinson, L., Ellis, N., 2008, Options for expanding the health workforce, Australian Health Review [P], vol 32, issue 1, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Strawberry Hills NSW Australia, pp. 156-160.

McFarlane, A., Ellis, N., Barton, C.A., Van Hooff, M., Browne, D., 2008, The conundrum of medically unexplained symptoms: Questions to consider, Psychosomatics [P], vol 49, issue 5, American Psychiatric Publishing Inc, Arlington VA USA, pp. 369-377.

Treloar, S., McFarlane, A., Ellis, N., 2007, Initiating an Australian deployment health surveillance program, Journal of Military and Veterans' Health [P], vol 16, issue 1, Department of Defence, Canberra Australia, pp. 6-7.

Thistlethwaite, J., Chesters, J.E., Gilbert-Hunt, S., Heartfield, M., Jones, M., Moran, M., Murphy, K., Nisbet, G., Playford, D., Ellis, N., 2007, Interprofessional Education in Australasia, Journal of Interprofessional Care, vol 21, issue 4, Informa Healthcare, UK, pp. 369-372.

Ellis, N., 2007, Work related stress: A review of developments in the UK, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand [P], vol 23, issue 4, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia, pp. 373-381.

Brooks, P.M., Ellis, N., 2006, Health workforce innovation conference, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 184, issue 3, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Strawberry Hills NSW Australia, pp. 105-106.

Ellis, N., Robinson, L., Brooks, P.M., 2006, Task substitution: Where to from here?, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 185, issue 1, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, pp. 18-19.

Other

Ellis, N., 2003, Continuing professional development in radiography: a needs analysis in greater London.

Ellis, N., Pompili, A., 2002, Quality of Working Life for Nurses, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1-43.