Professor Christine Phillips AM is a general practitioner and health services researcher. She leads the Social Foundations of Medicine group at the School of Medicine and Psychology, where she teaches social sciences and medicine in the medical school, and in the Master of Culture Health and Medicine program. Her research focuses on health systems, quality and equity with an emphasis on translational research to improve health care.

For over two decades she has been the Medical Director of Companion House Medical Service. She is a past Chair of the Refugee Health Network of Australia, an organisation she co-founded in 2009, and has been an Advisor for UNHCR, the World Health Organisation, the Migration Council of Australia, and state and federal departments of health and human services. In 2021, she led the development of the WHO competency standards and curriculum guide for health workers working with refugees and migrants. In 2023, she led the development of the WHO competency standards and curriculum guide for health workers to support people's self-care. 

Awards include: Member of the Order of Australia (2020) for services to medical education, refugee and migrant health and medicine; University of New England Distinguished Alumna (2020); Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Teaching Excellence (2014); ANU Vice Chancellor's Awards for excellence in teaching (2014), community outreach and engagement (2011), and programs that enhance learning  (2015); ANU International Women's Day Award for gender equity (2012); ACT Health Australia Day Award for Companion House Medical Service (2010); Rotary Australia Evaluation of Rural Health Award (2008); ANU JG Crawford Medal (1999). Her work in refugee health led to her inclusion in the National Library of Australia's Australian Women's Archive project.