Emeritus Professor Mieke Van Driel

Mieke van Driel is Emeritus Professor of General Practice at The University of Queensland where she served as Head of the primary care department in the Faculty of Medicine between 2011 and 2021. After training as a General Practitioner in The Netherlands, she worked in primary health care assistance projects for Médecins Sans Frontières in Asia and Africa. With a Master's degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, she embarked on an academic career at the University of Ghent, Belgium in 1998. Mieke's main interests are in translating and implementing evidence into practice and global health with a special focus on vulnerable populations in our society. Since retiring from her academic roles Mieke has focused on clinical work as a General Practitioner in an Aboriginal Medical Service on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) and in remote Australian Indigenous communities.