Dr Prabhakar Veginadu
Research Fellow
Qualifications:
PhD candidate (Dentistry), La Trobe University; Master of Dental Surgery, Sri Ramachandra University, 2017; Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, 2011
Location:
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Biography:
Prabhu is a qualified dental professional and an early career researcher whose research interests primarily focus on reducing oral health disparities, particularly among vulnerable and underserved populations. His areas of research are broadly around equity in oral health outcomes, access to health care and health services research, health workforce planning, distribution and retention, and rural and remote health. He has experience in analysing large administrative and linked population health datasets using quantitative and Geographic Information Systems-based analytical methods.
His PhD examined the patterns and determinants of access to dental services by mapping geographic accessibility and supply of dental workforce relative to population’s oral health need and measuring various attributes of service utilisation.
As a Research Fellow at Menzies, Prabhu is working across projects focused on improving primary health care workforce in rural and remote Australia.
Research Themes
- CRE for Strengthening Health Systems in Remote Australia (CRESTRA)
- The cost and health impact of short-term health staffing in remote and rural Indigenous communities: Does community control make a difference?
- Co-design and Implementation of Workforce Retention Strategies in Remote Aboriginal Health Services