Associate Professor Phillip Fourie, MBBS, is an Associate Professor and currently Deputy Head of School for the School of Science and Technology at the University of New England.

Phillip has a strong teaching background within the areas of clinical neuroscience, neuroanatomy, biochemistry and pathology within the medical program. Phillip’s primary research areas include anxiety, resilience and human performance, and Q Fever.  As a General Practitioner, he undertook several hospital placements in General Medicine, Accident and Emergency, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Oncology. Phillip completed a Post Graduate Diploma of Counselling in 2001 in line with his growing interest in applying a holistic approach to dealing with medical disease.

In 2013, Phillip completed a Doctorate of Counselling which focused on patient-centred assessment and treatment of anxiety disorder within the allied health context.