Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University; Dianne Nicol, University of Tasmania, and James Scheibner, Flinders University Global inequities in access to…
Aim for better data on firearms, says public health expert
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin (left) told an audience at Parliament House that gun control is not and never should be…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 24 November 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
PHAA members’ review of books – Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (2018)
Tara Tolhurst, PHAA member “Factfulness” is described by the authors (Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)…
Locking up kids has serious mental health impacts and contributes to further reoffending
Summer May Finlay, University of Wollongong; Ee Pin Chang, The University of Western Australia; Jemma Collova, The University of Western…
An Australian CDC is almost 40 years in the making
PHAA It’s been 35 years since the call for an Australian Centre for Disease Control began. How did it start?…
PHAA’s process for preparing a CDC consultation submission
By PHAA CEO Terry Slevin and Vice-President (Policy) Professor Caroline Miller PHAA has been invited to provided a submission to…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 17 November 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
PHAA members’ review of books – The Great Influenza (2004)
The Great Influenza by John M Barry (published 2004). Reviewed by Deborah Hilton and Natasha Hilton (above, right) In The Great…
Creating systems of leadership in prevention research
Dr Melanie Pescud The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre’s systems case studies project explores how researcher leadership practices can boost the…
‘Get runs on the board early’: An overview of the new CDC consultation paper
Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) consultation paper, Role and Functions of an Australian Centre…
An election on health lacking vision beyond hospitals: why Victoria must invest in Public Health and prevention
PHAA Victoria Prevention Subcommittee The PHAA’s Victorian branch, in partnership with the Australian Health Promotion Association and Australasian Epidemiological Association,…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 10 November 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
In remembrance of Dr Liz Barber, our colleague, friend and advocate for ecology and public health
From left to right: Dr Liz Barber (image courtesy of Lee Barber); Liz’s activism on climate with Health on the…
‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer
Belinda Lunnay, Torrens University Australia; Paul Ward, Torrens University Australia, and Samantha Meyer, University of Waterloo Up to one in…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 3 November 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
$3.2 million announced for Australian CDC in October 2022-23 Budget
PHAA In line with their election promise to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC), the Australian Government has…
Where is One Health systems thinking in the Australian CDC planning?
Dr Andrea Britton, Dr Sandra Steele and Associate Professor Simon Reid, PHAA One Health Special Interest Group (SIG) committee members…
The CODE COVID-19 International Update, 27 October 2022
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Why cancer economics research matters
A/Prof Louisa Gordon (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Dr Daniel Lindsay (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Dr Nikki McCaffrey (Deakin…
Move outside your comfort zone to learn and grow, says Emerging Leader of 2022, Dr Joanne Flavel
Dr Joanne Flavel, 2022 PHAA Emerging Leader of the Year Research Fellow at Stretton Health Equity in the Stretton Institute,…
Sophie Dwyer PSM on working with talented people to solve difficult problems
Associate Professor Sophie Dwyer (right), received the 2022 Sidney Sax Medal from PHAA President, Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri (left), recently…
Australia is dragging its feet on healthy eating. In 5 years we’ve made woeful progress
Gary Sacks, Deakin University and Davina Mann, Deakin University Australia is falling behind other countries in addressing the unhealthy state…
It’s Anti-Poverty Week: Here are 5 ways Australia can halve child poverty by 2030
Dr Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin (Telethon Kids Institute, the University of Western Australia); Professor Karen Thorpe, Professor Cameron Parsell, Professor Janeen…
PHAA Life Member Christina Pollard on four decades of being curious
Associate Professor Christina Pollard (left, with PHAA President, Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri), was awarded Life Membership of the PHAA recently…
Education key to breaking barriers and empowerment
Raquel de Brito, Curtin Commons As India’s extreme gender disparities prevailed around her, a young Jaya Dantas buried herself in her studies…
Reflections on the Population Health Congress 2022
Alanna Sincovich and Elise Rivera – PHAA Child and Youth Health Special Interest Group (SIG) In the third and final…
“A Plea for Inclusion” in an Australian Centre(s) for Disease Control
Martyn Jeggo on behalf of the former Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) Group. The present government has committed to the…
How can we better understand and manage the effects of long COVID?
BF, current PHAA Intern As COVID-19 isolation requirements come to an end across Australia, experts warn the risk of developing…
It’s about the ‘ah ha’ moments, says PHAA Mentor of the Year
This is the first in our series profiling winners of the PHAA Awards for 2022. Brahm Marjadi was named…