Associate Professor Toni Schofield
BA (Hons) PhD, Dip Ed (Melb)
Associate Professor, Discipline of Behavioural & Social Sciences in Health
C43T - T Block Cumberland Campus
The University of Sydney
| Telephone | +61 2 9351 9577 |
| Fax | +61 2 9351 9566 |
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Biographical details
Toni Schofield specialises in research and teaching in sociology and public policy related mainly to health. Her major research projects, many of them funded through national competitive grants, have investigated a range of topics in this fieldincluding: childbirth and maternity services, trafficked women and healthservice provision in Sydney, men's health, ageing and social isolation, NESB women's mental and emotional health care, gender and health policy, prosecution and deterrence in workplace health, and alcohol use and harm minimisation among Australian university students.
She has supervised PhD theses examining women and sexuality, workers' compensation and rehabilitation, the health of young Lebanese Australians, visual impairment and rehabilitation, the experience of early motherhood, the embodiment of ageing dancers, men's help-seeking in relation to mental and emotional difficulties,ageing and rural health policyin China, and gender dynamics in Australian sport organisations.
Teaching and supervision
Unit of Study Co-ordinator (FHS) Health Determinants and Interventions
Associations
- Elected FHS staff representative on Academic Board, 2010-2011.
- Elected NTEU representative on the Central Academic Workload Monitoring Committee, 2008-2012.
- Member of FHS Workload Working Party, 2010-2011.
- Chairperson,Sydney Women's Counselling Centre, 2002-12.
Selected grants
2012
- Health and Work Research Network; Buchanan J, Bohle P, Schofield D, Colagiuri S, Hickie I, Glozier N, Shaw T, Leeder S, Grunstein R, Riley J, Johnstone R, Quinlan M, Schofield T, Jones M, Matthews L, Grant A, West S, Chen T, Nyberg D, Shrestha R, Fattore T, Scott L, Knox-Haly M, McNamara M, Callander E; DVC Research/Research Network Scheme (SyReNS).
2010
- Alcohol use and harm minimisation among Australian university students; Schofield T, Germov J, Lindsay J, Moore R, Lindsay J, Giles F, Hepworth J, Germov J, Leontini R; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP).
2008
- Workplace Death and Injury: Re-visiting the Regulatory Impact of Prosecution and Deterrance; McCallum R, Jamieson S, Schofield T; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Project.
2000
- Gender equity and public institutions in NSW: Enhancing democratic participation; Connell R, Schofield T, Goodwin S, Bamberry L; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Spirt Grants.
Selected publications
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Older Miao People and Rural Health Policy in China (LAP - LAMBERT Academic Publishing,2012)
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