Mark J Baker

Biography

Dr Mark Baker is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing in the School of Health. Mark is a Registered Nurse with clinical background experience in mental health and neurological rehabilitation, with a focus on the intersection of physical health care and mental health care. Dr Baker completed a PhD that explored the practice of men in nursing in inpatient rehabilitation in Australia and he continues to contribute to the field of rehabilitation nursing practice nationally and internationally. Mark has worked in a variety of clinical, management, education and research roles in Australia and the UK. He recently returned to Australia having worked at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London, where he remains a Visiting Lecturer. Mark has published widely and presented at national and international conferences. Mark has an interest in teaching mental health care, palliative & end of life care, rehabilitation care, long-term conditions and chronic disease management, and qualitative research methods in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. He provides academic supervision of Higher Degree Research students.