THE NOSSAL INSTITUTE
   FOR GLOBAL HEALTH


Beth Sprunt




Nossal Institute for Global Health
Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building
Corner of Barry and Grattan Streets (161 Barry St)
The University of Melbourne
Carlton, Victoria, 3010
Tel:    +61 3 8344 9103
Fax:    +61 3 9347 6872
Email: b.sprunt@unimelb.edu.au

Biography

Beth Sprunt (formerly Fuller) is a Senior Adviser in Disability at the Nossal Institute for Global Health and the Partnership Coordinator of the CBM Australia – Nossal Institute Partnership in Disability and Development. Beth established the Disability program at Nossal and developed the subject "Disability in Developing Countries" for the Masters in Public Health. She is a founding member of the Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC) and co-authored ADDC's Research and Education Strategy Paper. She arranges and coordinates the Nossal Disability Special Interest Group which has over 150 members, composed mainly of disability, health and development practitioners and persons with disabilities. She worked as the head of Occupational Therapy services at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed in Bangladesh and wrote the B.Sc (OT) degree curriculum for the Bangladesh Health Professions Institute.
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