Contact Details
Dr Lynne Madden
BSc (Med) Hons1, MBBS, MPH, MSc FFPH, FAFPHM
Program Head
Phone: 61 2 9391 9942
Fax: 61 2 9391 9232
Email: phorecruit@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Lynne is the Head of the NSW Public Health Officer Training Program and the Editor of the NSW Public Health Bulletin. Her particular areas of interest are multidisciplinary training and competency development at the postgraduate level. Lynne undertook training as a public health physician in the United Kingdom and gained a Masters of Public Health from the University of Liverpool before returning to Australia in 1993. She is a Fellow of both the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and the United Kingdom Faculty of Public Health.
Reports and peer-reviewed papers
- O'Sullivan BG, Madden DL, Simpson D.Monitoring post-secondary education and training in Australia - practice and policy developments relevant to the NSW Public Health Officer Training Program. Sydney: NSW Department of Health; 2007. SHPN (PHTD) 070200, ISBN 9781741872071.
- Carlie-Jane Naylor and D. Lynne Madden. Communication technology supporting the public health workforce in New South Wales. NSW Public Health Bull 2009:20(S2).
- O'Sullivan BG, Simpson D, Madden DL. Discussion paper: Towards a monitoring framework for the NSW Public Health Officer Training Program. Sydney: NSW Department of Health; 2007. SHPN (PHTD) 070201, ISBN 9781741872019.
- Simpson D, Madden DL & Naylor CJ. Bug Breakfast Delivery Manual. Sydney: NSW Department of Health; 2007. SHPN (MC) 070001, ISBN 0741870313.
- Heading GS, Fuller JD, Lyle DM & Madden DL. Using problem-based learning in public health service based training. N S W Public Health Bull 2007; 18(1-2) 9-13.
- Madden DL, Naylor CJ, & Simpson D. An evaluation of videoconferencing Bug Breakfast. N S W Public Health Bull 2003; 14(S-2). SHPN PH 030137, ISSN 10347674.
- NSW Department of Health. Informing Public Health Practice - Competencies of the Graduate Diploma of Applied Epidemiology. SHPN (PHD) 000046, ISBN 0734731523.
- Madden L & Salmon A. Public health workforce: Results of a NSW statewide consultation on the development of the national public health workforce. N S W Public Health Bull 1999; 10(3) 19-21.
Editorials
- Madden DL. Editorial: Strengthening learning opportunities to promote the capacity of the public health workforce. N S W Public Health Bull 2007; 18 (1-2) 2-3.
- Madden L & McAnulty J. Celebrating 15 years of Bug Breakfast. N S W Public Health Bull 2005; 16(5-6) 93.
Published abstracts
- Madden L, Simpson D & Salmon A. Competency based training: a flexible framework for workforce development. Catching Clouds: Exploring Diversity in Workforce Development in the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field. National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) 2002; 99-104.
- Madden L, Salmon AM, Simpson D & O'Connor D. Training drug and alcohol professionals: applying a competency based framework. Systems, Settings, People: Workforce development challenges for the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field. National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) 2001; 185-9.
Oral presentations
- Madden DL, Simpson D & O'Sullivan BG. Outcomes of 17 years of delivering a post-MPH public health training program. 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Vancouver, June 2007.
- Madden DL, Trevena L, Heading G, Fuller J & Lyle D. Can PBL be applied in postgraduate public health education that is delivered in the service environment? International PBL Symposium 2007, Singapore, March 2007.
- Madden DL, Naylor C & Simpson D. Using Telehealth technology to build the capacity of the rural public health workforce. 18th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Melbourne, April 2004.
- Madden DL, Simpson D & Naylor CJ. Understanding and meeting the needs of local and remote audiences. NSW Telehealth Symposium 2003, Sydney, September 2003.
- Madden L, Salmon A & Simpson D. Training drug and alcohol professionals: applying a competency based public health framework. 33rd Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference, Sydney, September 2001.
- Madden L, Simpson D & Salmon A. Competency based training: a flexible framework for workforce development. National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) 2002 Workforce Development Symposium. Adelaide, 2002.
- Madden DL & Simpson D. Determining competencies for training in public health. 32nd Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference, Canberra, November 2000.
Workshops
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Madden L, Salmon AM, Simpson D & O'Connor D. Training drug and alcohol professionals: applying a competency based framework. National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) 2001 Workforce Development Symposium. Adelaide 2001.
Poster presentations
- Madden DL, Naylor C & Simpson D. Using videoconferencing to deliver a continuing professional development activity to the Public Health Workforce: the Bug Breakfast Experience. 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Vancouver, June 2007.
- Simpson D, O'Sullivan BG & Madden L. Monitoring public health workforce development in New South Wales: Outcomes of the NSW Public Health Officer Training Program, 1990-2003. 18th IUHPE World Conference on Health promotion and Health Education, melbourne, April 2004.
- Simpson D & Madden L. The NSW Public Health Officer Training program; a history of respose, 45th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference, Adelaide, September 2002.

