Personal Details
Name: Ms Angela Rintoul
Office Location:
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Monash University
Level 3 (Burnet Tower)
89 Commercial Rd
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Victoria, Australia, 3004
Telephone: +61 3 9903 1655
Facsimile: +61 3 9903 1658
Email: angela.rintoul@monash.edu
Research
Research Topic: Improving the health of vulnerable populations
Stage: Confirmed
Supervisors: Associate Professor Ben Smith
Research Interest:
- Social determinants of health and health inequalities
- Public Health Policy
- Preventative health
- Harm reduction
- Mental health
Previous Study
Bachelor of Arts (Political Science & English), University of Melbourne, 2001
Master of Social Science (International Development) RMIT, 2007
Publications
Rintoul, A.C, Dobbin, M.H.D, Drummer, O.H, Ozanne-Smith, J., Increasing deaths involving oxycodone, Victoria, Australia, 2000-09. Inj Prevention. 2011 Aug:17(4):254-9
Kermode, M., Bowen, K., Longleng, F., Bangkhim, C., Rintoul, A.C Killing time with enjoyment: A qualitative study of initiation into injecting drug use in north-east India, Substance Use and Misuse, 44:8. 2009
Rintoul, A.C, Dobbin, M.H.D, Drummer, O.H, Ozanne-Smith, J., Drug toxicity deaths involving oxycodone, Oral session 8D, Paper 300, Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Drugs (APSAD), 14-16 November 2011, Hobart, Australia.
Rintoul, A.C, Dobbin, M.H.D, Drummer, O.H, Ozanne-Smith, J.,Increasing deaths involving oxycodone, Oral Session Toxicology Session 3, Paper O14, Forensic and Clinical Toxicology Association (FACTA) Victoria,31 July- 3 August 2011, Melbourne, Australia
Rintoul, A.C, Dobbin, M.H.D, Drummer, O.H, Ozanne-Smith, J., Prescription opioid deaths, Victoria, 2000-2009, Oral session 2G, Paper 185, APSAD, 28 November -1 December. 2010, Canberra, Australia.
Rintoul, A.C, Nielsen, S., Dobbin, M.H.D, Drummer, O.H., Benzodiazepine supply and heroin-related deaths, Victoria, 1990-2008, Oral session 5C, Paper 181, APSAD, 28 November -1 December. 2010, Canberra, Australia.
Rintoul, A.C, Dobbin, M.H.D, Ozanne-Smith, J., Identifying drug related deaths using coronial data, Oral session, Australasian Mortality Data Interest Group (AMDIG), 18-19 November 2010, Melbourne, Australia.
Rintoul, A., Szwarc, J., Smith, B., Mental health and wellbeing of Afghan refugees, SE Melbourne, Oral session, Diversity in Health, 7-9 June 2010, Melbourne, Australia.
Recent Professional Experience
July-November 2011
Tutor, Department of Health Social Science, Monash University
HSC2022 Culture, Health and Society
HSC1052 Health and social care systems and policy
April July 2011
Senior Program Officer - Sports Gambling, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), part-time
August 2009 - present
Doctor of Public Health Candidate, Department of Health Social Science, Monash University
Apr 2009 - Apr 2011
Fellow, Victorian Public Health Training Scheme, Victorian Department of Health. Placements:
1. Gambling and Public Health, Knowledge and Environments for Health, VicHealth, Sept 2010-Apr 2011
2. Prescription opioids, Prevention Research Unit, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine/Monash Department of Forensic Medicine Feb 2010-Aug 2011
3. Refugee mental health and wellbeing, Research and Policy Unit, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House) Aug 2009-Jan2010
4. a) Youth Justice alcohol and other drug screening b) Benzodiazepine regulation and heroin deaths, Mental Health and Drugs Division, Victorian Department of Health, April 2009-July 2009
Dec 2008-Mar 2009
Senior Technical Officer (Avian & Human Influenza), CARE Australia in Lao PDR
Mar 2008-Nov 2008
Migration Health Associate, International Organisation for Migration, Lao PDR (Australian Youth Ambassador for Development, AusAID)
Sept 2005-Feb 2008
Senior Program Officer - South Asia, Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne & India
Feb 2004 – Aug 2005
Consulting Services Officer, International Development Support Services (IDSS), Melbourne
