Associate Professor John Schneider is a Fellow of both the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Irish Faculty of Occupational Medicine.
He practiced initially as a family physician until 1996 when he gained specialist qualifications in occupational medicine. He continued working in North Queensland as a consultant occupational physician mainly in the mining and agricultural sectors. From 2005-13 he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Health UAE University, lecturing to medical students, GPs and OHS practitioners, as well as consulting to the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi and other organisations in the Middle East. He returned to Mackay in 2014 and resumed part-time work in clinical practice, and medical education with James Cook University as an Associate Professor. He has recently become involved with mededucation online as a foundation part time educator.
His main interests are education in occupational health, rural and remote worksites, ergonomics (particulaly hot environments), and workplace rehabilitation.