Michelle Lincoln

Michelle Lincoln is a Professor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Canberra, Australia. Her research spans all areas of allied health service delivery and workforce, with a particular focus on rural, remote and Indigenous communities. She has published more than 130 peer reviewed journal papers, books and chapters and been funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council. As a senior university leader, she co-led the University of Canberra's Sports Strategy and Connected Decadal Strategy. a member of the ACT Health Wellbeing and Partnership Board, and a member of the Allied Health Leadership Alliance and the Health Professions Education Standing Group of Universities Australia. She is also a mentor for both Franklin Women and the Minerva Foundation. Her research outputs span allied health service delivery and workforce particularly in rural, remote and Indigenous communities, as well as education research spanning competency-based assessment in clinical settings, clinical education models, ethical development and interprofessional learning.

Select publications include:

Keane, S., Lincoln, M., Smith, T. (2012). Retention of allied health professionals in rural New South Wales: a thematic analysis of focus group discussions. BMC Health Services Research, 12: 1–11. Lincoln, M., McAllister, L. (1993). Peer learning in clinical education. Medical Teacher, 15(1): 17–26. Nolan-Isles, D., Macniven, R., Hunter, K., Gwynn, J., Lincoln, M.… Gwynne, K. (2021). Enablers and barriers to accessing healthcare services for Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6):3014. Onslow, M., C Andrews, C., M Lincoln, M. (1994). A control/experimental trial of an operant treatment for early stuttering. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 37(6): 1244–1259.

Awards Lincoln has won the following university and national teaching awards for her educational expertise in speech pathology: 2013 - Support of the Student Experience Teaching Award, The University of Sydney 2009 - Award for programs that enhance learning, Australian Learning and Teaching Council 2006 - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, The University of Sydney 2005 - Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Teaching, The University of Sydney

She is a Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy