Academic and Professional Leadership
Professor Markus Melloh joins QUT from Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington where he was the Dean of the Faculty of Health. He was previously Associate Dean Research & Development at Zurich University of Applied Sciences’ School of Health Professions in Switzerland and foundation Director of Zurich University’s Institute of Health Sciences and Professor of Public Health, as well as Deputy Director of the University’s Digital Health Lab and Board Member of the Zurich Digital Initiative.
Background and Research
Between 2007 and 2014, Professor Melloh worked at universities in New Zealand and Australia. An Orthopaedic Surgeon by training, Professor Melloh has an international reputation in musculoskeletal health as well as public health. He is co-chair of the International Task Force on Diagnosis and Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, which recently won the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Clinical Prize.