Jenny May AM is Director of the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health (UoNDRH). She is a practising GP working in a regional centre in NSW. Her clinical interests relate to women’s health and palliative care.
She works at Peel Health Care, a not-for-profit general practice in Tamworth, NSW, and is a GP supervisor for registrars. She holds fellowships of both the Royal Australian College of General Practice and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. Jenny is also the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) representative on the National Rural Health Alliance.
Jenny’s non-clinical role encompasses oversight of undergraduate teaching activities, research and evaluation in medicine, and allied health disciplines across the University of Newcastle rural footprint. Professor May aims to support postgraduate training and retention of the rural health workforce. Her research interests include new models of general practice in rural and remote areas, primary health care integration, and rural medical workforce issues.
Jenny has lived and worked in the New England area since 1984 with a five year sojourn in remote Western Australia’s Pilbara and has had 2 stints in British Columbia in 2004 and 2015-2016. She was named Telstra RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year in November 2014 and received an Australia Medal AM for services to rural and regional health, education and professional groups in 2016.
