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DoctorVinod Gopaldasani

Associate Professor, Occupational Health and Safety

School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences

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  • Associate Professor, Occupational Health and Safety
    School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences
  • +6142213610 (Work)
  • University of Wollongong, School of Health and Society, Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Northfields avenue, North Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia

BIO

I am an academic, an experienced teacher and researcher with broad occupational health, public health and OHS skills and experience including epidemiology, toxicology, chemical and physical hazards, risk management and workplace health promotion. I have successfully applied for grants, in partnership with collaborators, building on my strengths in occupational health, public health promotion, epidemiology and occupational health and safety. I am currently part of a multidisciplinary team of occupational health and safety professionals and academics, and public health academics who excel in teaching and conducting research combining occupational health, public health promotion and occupational health and safety which can be translated into National policy and good practice.

UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor, Occupational Health and Safety
    University of Wollongong, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, Wollongong, Australia5 Jan 2026 - present
  • Associate Dean (International)
    University of Wollongong, Faculty of the Arts Social Sciences and Humanities, Wollongong, Australia27 Jan 2025 - 4 Jan 2026
  • Senior Lecturer, Occupational Health and Safety
    Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Health and Society, Wollongong, Australia2021 - 4 Jan 2026
  • Associate Dean (Global Engagement)
    University of Wollongong, Faculty of the Arts Social Sciences and Humanities, Wollongong, Australia22 Jan 2024 - 24 Jan 2025
  • Discipline Lead, Occupational Health and Safety
    Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Health and Society, Wollongong, Australia2021 - 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director
    Center for Occupational Public and Environmental Research in Safety and Health (COPERSH), Australia3 May 2021 - present
  • Discipline Lead, Occupational Health and Safety
    University of Wollongong, School of Health and Society, Wollongong, Australia3 May 2021 - 31 Dec 2023

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
  • MSc
    University of Wollongong, Australia
  • MBBS
    University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Learning to Lead
    INSEAD, Singapore, Singapore3 Oct 2018 - present
    Learning to Lead is designed to help first-time managers understand the nature of the transition from being a great individual contributor to being a team leader, and to develop the critical people skills that often make the difference between longer-term career success and failure. Learning to Lead is specifically for people who are about to move from the individual contributor status to a position of managing others for the first time, or who have made this transition within the last two years.
  • High Impact Leadership Program
    INSEAD, Singapore, Singapore9 Sep 2019 - present
    The demands placed on today’s managers of teams are intense. No matter how impeccable their technical skills – whether in their own function or business in general – they are constantly asked to get more out of their teams. Even in the comparatively early stages of an executive career, there is pressure not just to manage but also to lead. The High Impact Leadership Programme provides managers with the tools and processes needed to meet their organisation’s leadership challenges. Over five days, participants explore both ‘macro’ and 'micro' issues – from organisational structures, incentives and informal networks to managing performance and using feedback to enhance personal professional growth. The macro and micro components of the programme are linked through the notion of ‘X-teams’, an influential leadership concept co-developed by INSEAD faculty, which helps participants learn how to design effective internal team processes and external networks to achieve the team’s objectives.

LANGUAGES

  • Hindi
    Can read, speak and understand
  • Sindhi
    Can speak and understand

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

SDGS

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (FOR)