Associate Professor Jennifer Neil

MBBS (Hons) FRACGP MClinEd

Telephone: +61 3 9902 4497
Email: Jennifer.Neil@monash.edu

Profile

Associate Professor Jennifer Neil is a clinician, educator and researcher in primary care and family violence. Jennifer graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2003 and achieved her Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She is the Curriculum and Assessment Lead for General Practice at Monash University and has led the development of a trauma-informed medical education approach. She received the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Dean’s Award for Outstanding contribution to Student Learning in 2023 and has contributed to vertical integration and cross-faculty collaborations in family violence education. Jennifer has trained hundreds of health professionals across Australia in family violence, authored multiple curricula and has co-authored two chapters and a supplementary chapter in the Royal Australian College of General Practice ‘White Book’ Guideline on abuse and violence. She has also contributed to the RACGP ‘Red Book’ guideline on preventive health. She is the deputy chair of the RACGP specific interest group on abuse and violence in families and the secretary for WONCA (World Family Doctor Organization) Special Interest Group on Family Violence Steering Committee. She holds a Masters in Clinical Education from the University of Melbourne and is currently undertaking a PhD with the topic “How do survivors of family violence who are general practitioners experience working with survivors of family violence?” In her clinical practice she has an interest in mental health, chronic disease management and supporting survivors of family violence.