Bond’s Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine has earned a reputation for the excellence of its education and research in medical, health and sports sciences. It is our mission to stay at the cutting edge of healthcare education and research, which is supported by our innovative, accelerated programs and world-class facilities. Whether students aspire to take on the healthcare sector as a clinician or an innovator, lead research in their field of choice, or practise as a medical doctor, an exciting career in the health sciences begins right here.
At Bond, student experience is at the heart of everything we do, and this shines through across the breadth of our program offering. Every student in the Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine has access to small class sizes, personalised attention from skilled academics and work experience and internship opportunities throughout their degree.
What also sets us apart is our willingness to pioneer new methodologies, practices and techniques in both the teaching and research arenas. Bond University offers the fastest pathway to gaining your Doctor of Medicine in Australasia through our Medical Program that sees students begin as undergraduates and complete both components of their training in just 4 years and 8 months. We spearheaded Australia’s first Doctor of Physiotherapy program, and our pioneering educators have invented technologies, in use at Bond and other institutions, that allow students to explore the human body in 3D and augmented reality.
Bond’s Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine has fostered thousands of exceptional graduates now working as highly-skilled healthcare and health research professionals – discover why.
Explore our newest facility
In September 2023, we opened the northern extension of the Bond Institute of Health & Sport (BIHS). The additional space is set to meet increasing demand for allied health and exercise science professionals, boasting world-class, technologically advanced, and sustainable facilities that will provide hands-on experience to Bond students.
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How we rate
The Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine at Bond regularly tops the charts across crucial student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction categories in national surveys, aligning with the University’s overall results.
Health services and support
Health services and support
Undergraduate
5 stars in all student experience categories and #1 in Australia for Teaching Quality, Learner Engagement, and Student Support (2022 Student Experience Survey; 2024 Good Universities Guide).
#1 in Queensland for overall graduate satisfaction (2020-2021 Graduate Outcomes Survey).
Postgraduate
5 stars in Skills Development, Learner Engagement, Learning Resources.
#1 in Australia for Learner Engagement and equal #1 for Learning Resources
#1 in Queensland for Skills Development (2022 Student Experience Survey; 2024 Good Universities Guide).
Medicine
Medicine
Undergraduate
5 stars and #1 in Australia for Learner Engagement
5 stars and #1 in Queensland for Student Support #1 in Queensland for Skills Development, Teaching Quality and Learning Resources. (2022 Student Experience Survey, 2024 Good Universities Guide)
Postgraduate
1 in Queensland for Skills Development, Learner Engagement and Learning Resources. (2021-2022 Student Experience Survey)
#1 in Australia for full-time employment. (2020-2022 Graduate Outcomes Survey. One of five universities in Australia).
Science and mathematics
Science and mathematics
Undergraduate
5 stars and #1 in Australia for all student experience categories: Skills Development, Teaching Quality, Learner Engagement, Learning Resources, Student Support and Overall Experience (2022 Student Experience Survey; 2024 Good Universities Guide).
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Postgraduate
5 stars and #1 in Queensland for Teaching Quality, Learning Resources, Student Support and Overall Experience (2022 Student Experience Survey).
5 stars for full-time employment and graduate salary (2019-2021 Graduate Outcomes Survey).
A learning experience like no other
All of the academics, researchers and support staff within our Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine are dedicated to creating a valuable learning experience that will see students enter their industry of choice with the knowledge and skills necessary to hit the ground running, and succeed.
Our academics have spent, and continue to spend, time in industry honing their craft, giving them a comprehensive understanding of how to teach high-level concepts. They also offer all their students individualised support.
When it comes to specific programs, students will learn from these incredible minds in highly practical settings – something that’s key to becoming an industry-ready graduate. Many of the subjects within our health sciences and medicine degrees have a hands-on component that will see students learn in a simulated lab or hospital environment, often with ‘simulated’ patient actors. Then, depending on their study area of choice, students may also gain opportunities to put their skills to the test with real patients in clinic, hospital, community or private practice settings.
We also have a strong commitment to student wellbeing, with a team of staff, including a full-time registered psychologist, dedicated to ensuring students are supported throughout their studies.
Limitless opportunities
Then, there are those standout moments that give the Bond student experience an unbeatable edge. For a medical student, it could be helping to deliver a baby during a placement on a remote island or in an Indigenous community. For an exercise and sports science student, perhaps it’s working with elite athletes from major national or international sporting teams and honing their skills on high-grade professional training equipment at the Bond Institute of Health & Sport (BIHS). Budding nutrition and dietetic practitioners might undertake an internship or overseas study tour, while a research and PhD candidate could reap the rewards of learning from international experts in the Clem Jones Centre for Regenerative Medicine.
Regardless of the field they pursue, and whatever unique experiences become the highlight of their time at university, our graduates will leave Bond with the confidence, clinical experience and compassion to become a health professional that can make a real difference to people’s lives.
Connected to industry
Our strong affiliations with leading healthcare institutions and industry partners shape our curriculum, inform our research priorities, enrich class initiatives and clinical placement programs, and open doors to promising career pathways for our students. Collaborating with a diverse array of affiliated organisations and industry advisory boards, we benefit from their valuable support, expertise, and influence. Through these strategic partnerships, our boards actively contribute to the realisation of our mission and objectives.
Professor Salkeld is a health economist with more than 30 years’ experience in public health research and a PhD in the economics of preventive health care. Professor Salkeld has a particular interest in screening and diagnostic test evaluation based on the implementation of multi-criteria decision analysis.
As the Managing Director of Chatsworth Associates, Andrew has worked with innovators, entrepreneurs and established business owners to plan and execute over $200m in equity and debt raisings, wealth creation plans, corporate transactions and international business development programs.
Dr Markwell is a senior staff specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Currently Alex is the Chair, QLD Clinical Senate. She is an experienced emergency physician skilled in clinical medicine, research and medical education. She has graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and serves on various committees and boards.
Dimitry is a Bond University alumnus (Dean Scholarship and University Medal 2007). He is passionate about increasing quality and accessibility of healthcare, especially in low-resource settings. He is a medical technologist with 15 years’ experience spanning healthcare start-ups, hospital service, and not-for-profit. Dimitry is co-founder / co-owner of Harrison.ai, a medical AI start-up with 300 employees that improves medical diagnoses for thousands of patients in Australia daily. Dimitry was the Head of Innovation at Ramsay Health Care where he launched the innovation strategy and built new care models. Dimitry holds an Executive MBA from UNSW.
Mrs Kim Kiepe MEd(Leadership & Management), BEd, DipT, MACEL, GAICD has led Somerville House as its twelfth Principal since January 2019. Kim’s teaching and leadership experience in both girls’ and co-educational school settings extend over thirty-seven years, spanning the government and independent school sector. Most recently, Kim was the Principal at St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls in Perth, Western Australia. She has extensive school leadership experience, including roles as Head of Year, Senior Years’ Co-ordinator, Head of Boarding and Deputy Principal.
Rebecca is a Senior Executive passionate about making healthcare brilliant for all Australians.
As Senior Executive of Member Health at Australia’s largest Health Insurer, Medibank Private, Rebecca is responsible for leading the division that understands and improves the health of Medibank’s 3.8 million customers through direct service provision in the areas of Health Promotion, Preventative Health, Medibank at Home (Australia’ largest Virtual Hospital), Short Stay Hospital Admissions, Virtual Health and Health Advice & Navigation.
Rebecca maintains several Non-Executive Directorships including the Primary Health Network of Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and Central Queensland, CASPA Family Services and Healthy North Coast. Rebecca has been included in the AFR Boss’ Top 10 Young Executives.
Mrs Jo Matherson commenced with Somerville House as the Deputy Principal in January 2020.
Jo brings with her fourteen years’ experience teaching in regional independent girls’ boarding schools and understands the importance of a balanced education with a focus on strong academic foundations, fulfilling co-curricular activities and a robust wellbeing program, all grounded in faith, to provide the platform for each individual student to achieve their best. As the Deputy Principal, Jo is responsible for curriculum oversight, professional staff development, student wellbeing, the extra-curricular program, boarding, policies and procedures and daily organisation of the School.
With a career spanning twenty-five years, Jo’s extensive teaching and leadership background, including Acting Head of School at PLC Armidale in 2014 and Acting Principal of The Glennie School in Term 3 2019, means that she has developed a thorough knowledge of girls’ learning and growth. Jo’s teaching background is in science and mathematics, and Jo is currently studying her Master of Education in eLearning and the Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice. Jo endeavours to provide opportunities for students to explore their talents and support them to persist in achieving their best in all aspects of their schooling; growing the mind, body and spirit. She enjoys working with staff to build their capacity to collaborate and develop leadership skills to fulfil their potential and maximise their job satisfaction.
Jason is the Director of International Sport Advisory Services (ISAS) with more than 25 years of professional experience in high performance (HP) sport, specialising in applied talent identification (TID) and HP development pathway programs and systems. Jason has held long term appointments within Australia, Switzerland and Japan and through his work, has led, supported and partnered government and non-government sporting organisations to strengthen the systematic development of their sports, coaches, athletes, and research agendas.
Medical Program student Maddy takes Regional Manager Sean Johnson on a tour of the bustling hub for health sciences and medicine at Bond.
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A tour of the Health Sciences & Medicine building
Where our graduates are now
The professional outcomes for Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine graduates are boundless, and that’s reflected by our diverse cohort of alumni. Bond graduates will join a talented group of innovators, leaders and big thinkers working all around the world.
Our commitment to meaningful research
Research is at the core of Bond’s Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine and is reflected through our comprehensive facilities and the exceptional staff that work on cutting-edge research every day.
We are home to the internationally-renowned Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare (IEBH), which is headed up by some of the world’s leading experts in evidence-based medicine and clinical practice. The IEBH produces globally-recognised research across a range of interest areas and works with partner organisations to develop tangible solutions to real-world healthcare problems.
Including IEBH, our faculty is home to five research centres and a plethora of research groups designed to support ongoing research efforts in addition to creating adaptable and reflexive graduates who emerge from their studies ready to problem-solve, challenge dated ideas, and ultimately, enact change.
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