Liamputtong Pranee

Pranee is currently Professor of Behaviour Sciences at the College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity, Vietnam. She is a medical anthropologist and has interests in the health of women, children, immigrants, refugees, older people, and transgender individuals. In terms of health issues, Pranee is very interested in issues relating to motherhood, reproductive health, sexuality, sexual health, mental health and chronic illnesses. Recently, Pranee has focused her research on sexuality and sexual health issues of Asian women, refugee/immigrant women, young people, and trans women from ethnic minority backgrounds as well as the impact of environment and pandemics on the health of individuals and communities in Asia and the Middle-East. Pranee is a qualitative researcher and has written many textbooks on this approach. She has also written a number of textbooks on health-related issues. Some of her textbooks (Qualitative Research Methods, Research Methods in Health and Evidence-Based Practice, Social Determinants of Health, & Public Health) have been adopted widely, both in Australia and overseas. In her previous role as Professor of Public Health, she taught qualitative research methodology and the social determinants of health units within the postgraduate programs, and gender & health; culture, diversity & health; communication in health within the undergraduate programs.