Professor Shane Thomas

Director of Primary Care Research

Dip Pub Pol, PhD MAPS

Profile

Shane Thomas is Professor and Director of Primary Care Research in the School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Professor and Director of the Problem Gambling Research and Treatment Centre at Monash University. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Peking University and an Honorary Professor at University of Sydney. He is currently Honorary President and Chair of the Board of the Heart Research Centre.

Professor Thomas has written over 200 refereed publications including 4 authored books, one of which is in its fifth edition. He has led the development of several high profile measurement systems that have been in national and international use. These tools include the Australian Commonwealth Work Ability Tables, the Thomas Post Acute Care Risk Screen and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ Patient Satisfaction Survey. Professor Thomas’ work has achieved a high degree of translation into policy and practice. Governments have published 15 of his reports during the period 2002 to 2006.

Professor Thomas’ research interests include:

• Problem gambling treatment research
• Decision support tools and systems
• The development of key performance indicators and outcome measurement tools in research and evaluation
• Hospital and primary care service quality improvement
• Chronic disease and its clinical and self-management
• Cultural factors in healthy ageing
• Research in community and primary care services

Professor Thomas has supervised 50 higher degree students to completion and has written a popular book on thesis writing.

Professor Thomas' publications 2003-2007
Professor Thomas' current research projects
Professor Thomas' current grants