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Category: Public Health Workforce

An Australian Centre for Disease Control. CDC Corner. Read PHAA's final submission on CDC discussion paper.

PHAA’s submission marks 30 years of advocating for a CDC

PHAA Policy and Advocacy Team After more than 30 years advocating for the establishment of an Australian Centre for Disease … More

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CDC Corner
Text says "Outstanding contribution to public health. Thank you Adjunct Associate Professor Priscilla Robinson." Also features her portrait photo and the PHAA logo.

Honouring Adj Assoc Prof Priscilla Robinson for her decades of efforts to Public Health

Adj Prof Tarun Weeramanthri, President, PHAA Adj Prof Terry Slevin, CEO, PHAA The President’s Award citation reads: “For outstanding contribution … More

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public health workforce, The CODE
On left: Text - 'Members' review of books'. Vector of two hands holding a book. On right: Image of a bookshelf with a ladder in front of it.

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) … More

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book review, public health workforce
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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 … More

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Chronic disease, Prevention, public health workforce, systems
Dr Jo Flavel sits in her wheelchair. The PHAA logo appears on both sides of the image.

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, … More

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PHAA awards
PHAA President Tarun Weeramanthri on the left presents the 2022 Sidney Sax Medal to Associate Professor Sophie Dwyer PSM.

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 … More

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COVID-19, PHAA awards, public health workforce
Christina Pollard, left, accepts her PHAA Life Membership award from PHAA President, Tarun Weeramanthri. The image also features screen wallpaper of the PHAA logo.

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 … More

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Brahm Marjadi, left, accepts an award from PHAA President, Tarun Weeramanthri, right.

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 … More

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Five photos of the PHAA Award Winners from left to right: Corina Darkie, A/Prof Sophie Dwyer, Dr Joanne Flavel, A/Prof Brahm Marjadi, and A/Prof Christina Pollard

High achievers honoured with 2022 PHAA Awards

From L-R: Corina Darkie, A/Prof Sophie Dwyer, Dr Joanne Flavel, A/Prof Brahm Marjadi, A/Prof Christina Pollard. Helen Tran and BF, … More

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Next steps to the design principles for an Australian Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

PHAA CEO, Adj Prof Terry Slevin The establishment of the Australian Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ACDPC) is the … More

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ACDPC, CDC Corner, CDPC Corner, Governance
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Two reflections on the 2022 Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference (CDIC)

Melody Taba and Rebecca Burrell – PHAA Child and Youth Health Special Interest Group (SIG) In the second edition of … More

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Branches/SIGs, child and youth health, public health workforce
PHAA President Tarun Weeramanthri on the left presents the 2022 Sidney Sax Medal to Associate Professor Sophie Dwyer PSM.

Environmental health essential in an Australian CDC: Sophie Dwyer PSM

Sophie Dwyer One of the positive aspects of the conversation that the PHAA has been having around the formation of … More

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CDC Corner, CDPC Corner, ecology and environment, public health workforce
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An Australian CDC is an opportunity to transform the public health workforce

Dr Laksmi Govindasamy Although there are many important aspects for the proposed Australian Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (ACDC) … More

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CDC Corner, CDPC Corner, Indigenous health, public health workforce
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Celebrating ANZJPH’s Increased Impact Factor and Top 10 Articles for 2021

Professor John Lowe and Dr Leanne Coombe The official journal of the PHAA, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of … More

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ANZJPH, Public Health, public health workforce
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Dr Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin talks physical activity and Prevention 2022

Dr. Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin and Mary Brushe In 2022 the PHAA Child and Youth Health Special Interest Group awarded several … More

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Active travel, Branches/SIGs, child and youth health, exercise, public health workforce
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A Q&A with Dr Alana Gall on NAIDOC week, motivations, and public health career so far

Dr Alana Gall, a Pakana woman, PHAA member, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, is conducting crucial … More

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Indigenous health, NAIDOC, NAIDOC week, public health workforce
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A Centre for Disease Prevention and Control – let’s work together to be clear on the problems it must solve

Professor Andrew Wilson and Professor Lucie Rychetnik The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre Co-Directors   With apologies to Acca Dacca fans … More

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CDC Corner, CDPC Corner, Governance, Prevention, public health workforce
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A discussion with Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly on the proposed Australian CDC

PHAA Last week, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Paul Kelly was kind enough to participate in an ‘Ask the … More

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CDC Corner, CDPC Corner, Public Health, public health workforce
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Scholarship winners share reflections on Preventive Health Conference

Joe Carrello, PHAA NSW Earlier in 2022, the PHAA NSW branch awarded four scholarships for individuals to attend the 2022 PHAA … More

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Branches and SIGs, public health workforce
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Who gets a say in public health nutrition? Five perspectives from the field

Christina Zorbas, Andrew Brown, Phoebe Nagorcka-Smith, Veronica Nunez, Dheepa Jeyapalan Introduction: A core tenet of public health nutrition is identifying … More

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food and nutrition, Health equity, public health workforce
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First Nations mothers are more likely to die during childbirth. More First Nations midwives could close this gap

Pamela McCalman, La Trobe University; Catherine Chamberlain, The University of Melbourne, and Machellee Kosiak, Australian Catholic University While Australia is … More

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child and youth health, Indigenous health, maternal health, public health workforce
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Dr Joanne Flavel and Dr Kristen Glenister bring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion expertise to co-convenor roles

PHAA As part of our 2022 Q&A blog series on new PHAA Special Interest Group (SIG) convenors, we spoke to … More

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So now the real work begins

PHAA CEO, Adj Prof Terry Slevin I suspect a lot of us will have had a pretty good weekend.  The … More

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2022 Federal Election, Climate change, Public Health
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Public health student Annabelle Whitehead-Broad on the invaluable experience of attending the Preventive Health Conference 2022

Annabelle Whitehead-Broad As a Bachelor of Public Health student, walking into the Preventive Health Conference 2022 made me nervous. This … More

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Health equity, Public Health, public health workforce
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How we built FluTracking

Craig Dalton and Sandra Carlson FluTracking is an online weekly survey of respiratory symptoms that has tracked influenza from 2006 … More

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Coronavirus, COVID-19, influenza, Public Health, public health workforce
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A Budget that puts patients first leaves people behind: an overview of how the Victorian State Budget stacks up against PHAA Victoria’s Budget submission

Four members of the PHAA Victoria Branch The Victorian Government released its 2022-23 State Budget on 3 May 2022. This … More

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Discerning discussion at ‘Design principles of an Australian CDC’ webinar

Melanie Parker – PHAA   With a 50/50 chance of an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) being formed after … More

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COVID-19, Governance, political economy of health, public health workforce
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An opportunity squandered: Budget 2022 fails to invest in lauded National Preventive Health Strategy

Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO   What if Australia invested in Preventive Health? A reflection on the 2022 Budget If … More

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2022 Federal Election, Budget 2022-23, National Preventive Health Strategy, Public Health
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Early Career Researchers showcase the future of food research

Courtney Thompson, Kevin Mao, Shayal Prasad, Sarah Gandolfo, Alexandra Procter – Students and Young Professionals in Public Health (SYPPH) committee. … More

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Developing public health advocates

Dr Michael Moore AM, former World Federation of Public Health Associations President, and former CEO and now Life Member of … More

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