Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Rural Health
- Narrative analysis and less traditional forms of representation
- Gender and rural issues
- Ageing and notions of home and migration
Biography
Margaret is the Deputy Director at Monash Rural Health, Monash University, Gippsland, Australia, teaching first year graduate-entry medical students a social perspective on health. She also coordinates the Community Based Practice Program which aims to equip students with an interprofessional understanding of the social and community aspects of health through a community placement.
Margaret’s PhD used poetic representation to tell the stories of Gippsland women evacuated as children in WWII Britain who immigrated to Australia in the postwar period.
Margaret’s qualitative research interests focus on narrative analysis, gender issues, stories of illness, ageing and notions of home and migration and pedagogies of practice in medical education.
Margaret has also taught qualitative social research methods, gender, sexuality and identity and other sociological concepts in addition to which, she has been a Language and Learning Skills adviser.
Research area keywords
- Ageing
- Evacuation
- Home
- Migration
- Narrative Analysis
- Poetic Representation
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
- 5 Finished
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Co-designing planetary health curriculum for health professions education: empowering students and increasing educator capacity
Barbour, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bonnamy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cubillo, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abbonizio, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kent, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Bedi, G. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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ERPMP: Evaluation of the Remote Patient Monitoring Program
Sutton, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Haigh, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Simmons, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bullock, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bain, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Oshni Alvandi, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Teng, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Maybery, D. (Associate Investigator (AI))
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Victorian Section)
1/07/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Transforming pre‐vocational medical training to optimise the rural healthcare workforce
McArdle, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Willems, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tare, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Knott, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reser, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Palaniswamy, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Atkinson, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Haigh, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
3/05/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Building capacity to teach climate change and environmental sustainability in health professions education
Brand, G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Nayna Schwerdtle, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barbour, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Collins, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ilangakoon, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bonnamy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Carr, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wotherspoon, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Bedi, G. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/05/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
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Implementation of faculty evaluation strategy: Impact and outcomes of Monash University health science and health profession courses using Contribution Analysis
Palermo, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Ilic, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Diug, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morphet, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kumar, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lindley, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ming, L. W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brooks, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wright, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Powell, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bonham, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Volders, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brock, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), White, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Sarkar, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/04/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
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Development and validation of a professionalism assessment tool to assess professionalism in pre-clinical medical students
McArdle, A. M., Reser, D. H., Simmons, M., Tare, M., Ilic, D. & Karim, M. N., 2 Jul 2025, p. 428. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Effectiveness of a gamified flood simulation for teaching health effects of climate change to early-years health professional students
Reser, D., McArdle, A. M. & Simmons, M., 2 Jul 2025, p. 235. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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MEDHAX: A digital resource ‘by students, for students’ to enhance integrated learning in sociocultural health for a preclinical medical cohort
McArdle, A. M. (Leading Author), Simmons, M., Willems, J., Lal, A. P., Yu, K. & Zhou, J., 21 Jul 2025, In: Advancing Scholarship and Research in Higher Education. 6, 1, p. 1-28 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Stories of chronic illness: exploring qualitative data through poetic transcriptions
Simmons, M., Carolus, G. & Kalla, M., Mar 2025, In: Medical Humanities. 51, 1, p. 96-101 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Open Access
Prizes
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Inaugural Emerging Researchers in Ageing Helen Bartlett Prize for Innovation in Research
Simmons, M. (Recipient), 23 Oct 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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MNHS Dean's Award for Excellence
Simmons, M. (Recipient), 8 Oct 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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MNHS Dean's Award for Excellence
Simmons, M. (Recipient), 7 Aug 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence
Simmons, M. (Recipient), 10 Dec 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Award
Simmons, M. (Recipient), 10 Nov 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Digital Health Equity
Simmons, M. (Contributor)
31 Aug 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Change Unzipped
Simmons, M. (Contributor)
25 Sept 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Sustainability in Health Professional Education Symposium
Kent, F. (Organiser), Abbonizio, J. (Member of programme committee), Barbour, L. (Member of programme committee), Bedi, G. (Member of programme committee), Simmons, M. (Member of programme committee), Francis-Cracknell, A. (Member of programme committee) & Wotherspoon, R. (Member of programme committee)
22 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences (MNHS) Teach Green Hackathon 2020
Simmons, M. (Member of programme committee)
30 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Music for the Valley
Simmons, M. (Director)
3 Sept 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
Press/Media
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RRR Einstein A Go Go- Training Doctors for Climate Change and AI
8/06/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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SBS-APAC Weekly: Are medicos prepared for the human toll of global warming?
3/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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Monash Rural Health Churchill educators recognised
12/04/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Addressing climate change impacts on human health requires educated and prepared health professionals
Brand, G., Bedi, G., Collins, J., Barbour, L., Simmons, M., Bonnamy, J., Ilangakoon, C., Nayna Schwerdtle, P. & Wotherspoon, R.
18/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Preparing the health sector for the global climate emergency
Collins, J., Simmons, M., Brand, G., Bedi, G., Barbour, L., Bonnamy, J., Carr, B., Ilangakoon, C., Schwerdtle, P. & Wotherspoon, R.
15/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature