Jane Gunn

From Small Rural Primary School to Dean of Australia’s Top Medical School. A trailblazer. Professor Jane Gunn AO was the first person to be awarded a PhD in general practice at the University of Melbourne, was inaugural Chair of Primary Care Research where she is also Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.  Professor Jane Gunn AO is a distinguished academic general practitioner and inaugural Chair of Primary Care Research at The University of Melbourne where she is also Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Jane grew up and went to school in rural Victoria, Australia. As the daughter of two teachers, she observed the transformative power of education – of both the mind and the body. Jane’s trailblazing research into the complex interplay between mental and physical health, and the key role of general practice in maximising wellbeing, led to her appointment in 2009 as Inaugural Visiting Professor to the Scottish School of Primary Care to join an international team to investigate multiple long-term physical health problems (multimorbidity). Jane continues to champion the value of ‘Generalism’ and the Generalist approach, particularly regarding mental health care.