Samantha Battams is Associate Professor at the Southgate Institute of Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University, South Australia, and Director (Research and Evaluation) at Health Outcomes International.

Previously she was Course Director for the Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview course at the University of Geneva. She also works as an independent consultant on global and public health matters.

Recently she was Visiting Fellow at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Global Health Programme), Geneva, and Senior Researcher for the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University.