I arrived in Australia in 1995 after 2 years as a Research Fellow with the Immunopharmacology Group, University Medicine, in Southampton. I have now worked in regional and rural North Queensland for 11 years and completed a variety of work including research projects (recruitment and retention of general practitioners in rural and remote areas; patient behaviour in seeking after hours primary health care and the experiences of rural generalists etc); statewide evaluation consultancies (after hours primary health care; RFDS Indigenous Health Liaison Officers etc). I have also been involved in teaching medical students at JCU in the subjects of: Rural and Remote Tropical Health (RRITH); Epidemiology; Tissue, Injury and Neoplasia (TIN) and International Health..

• Junior Research Fellow, Wellington Asthma Research Group, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Research Fellow, Immunopharmacology Group, University Medicine, Southampton, UK
• Research Assistant, North Queensland Clinical School, University of Queensland, Australia
• Research Manager and PHCRED Coordinator for Prof Craig Veitch, Rural Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Australia
• PhD Student, full-time (due to complete April 2009). Topic: Rural community perceptions of the role and function of their primary health care providers (Supervisor: Prof Craig Veitch)

I am currently research assistant on a project exploring the experiences of rural and remote and urban based patients diagnosed and treated for colo-rectal cancer.

• Pashen, D and CROSSLAND,L; Straw Dogs: Rural Generalists, Outback.doc, ACRRM.
• Veitch C and CROSSLAND LJ Medical family support needs and experiences in rural Queensland. Rural and Remote Health (online), http://rrh.deakin.edu.au, 2005.
• CROSSLAND LJ and Veitch C, 2005. After-hours service models in Queensland, Australia: A framework for sustainability. Australian Journal of Primary Health (Special Issue), Vol 11 (2): 9-15.
• Joyce C, Veitch PC and CROSSLAND LJ, (2003) Personal and professional networks of rural general practitioners. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 11(1): 7-14.
• Hays RB, Wynd S, Veitch C and CROSSLAND LJ, (2003). Getting the balance right? GPs who choose to stay in rural practice. Australian Journal of Rural Health, Vol 11 (4): 193-198.
• Veitch C and CROSSLAND LJ, (2002) Exploring indicators of experiential place integration in a sample of Queensland rural practitioners. The International Electronic Journal of Rural, Remote Health, Research and Education (online), 2002, no.111.
• MacIsaac P, Snowdon T, Thompson R, CROSSLAND LJ and Veitch PC, (2000) GPs leaving rural practice in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, Vol 8 (2): 68-70.
• Veitch PC, CROSSLAND LJ and Hays RB, (1999) Consumers after hours health care decisions: comparison between those who did and those who did not seek care in an Australian provincial city. Australian Family Physician, Vol 28 (10): 1078-1083.
• Veitch PC and CROSSLAND LJ, Final Report of the RFDS Indigenous Health Liaison Officer Project, Report CRA, Project Steering Committee and Royal Flying Doctor Service (Cairns and Mount Isa Bases), August, 1996.
• Veitch PC, CROSSLAND LJ and Hays R, Final Report on the Evaluation of a long-standing after hours co-operative, Townsville, North Queensland, October, 1999.
• Veitch PC and CROSSLAND LJ, After Hours primary care services in Queensland: A framework for sustainability, Final Report to the Department of Health and Aged Care, Queensland, 2001.