Early Career Academics Committee: 2024 Year in Review
Congratulations to the 2024 Early Career Academic Committee for an outstanding contribution to the development of early career public health professionals.
Member Institution Spotlight: Fiji National University
College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
School of Public Health & Primary Health Care
Author: Ms Makereta Leweniqila, FNU Bachelor of Public Health Student and CAPHIA Intern 2024
The School of Public Health & Primary Health Care is under the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences of Fiji National University. It is situated along Princes Road in Tamavua, and it offers 5 major disciplines of Public Health which includes Health Promotion,
FY23-24 Annual Report now available
Highlight of FY23-24
Professor Rebecca Ivers AM, CAPHIA Chair of the Board of Directors
CAPHIA Heads of Schools Summit 2024
CAPHIA hosted the first in person Heads of Schools Summit for many years at the Saint Lucia Campus at the University of Queensland on September 25th 2024.
Fifty Heads of Schools and senior representatives came together for to explore the future of public health education.
Keynote Speakers included:
Bridging Continents: Teaching Master of Public Health in Bangladesh and Australia
Dr Sheikh Mohammad Alif
Teaching the Master of Public Health (MPH) courses in two vastly different contexts, Bangladesh and Australia, has been a transformative work experience for me over the past decade. With five years of MPH teaching in Bangladesh, followed by over five years in Australia, I have encountered unique challenges and insights that have deeply informed my classroom approach to public health education.
Don’t forget to stop and smell the roses.
Dr Nathan Dawes
Starting out as an early career academic was both exciting and challenging, a journey that, looking back, I realise could have been much smoother with a few key insights. When I first transitioned from a decade-long career as a clinician to an academic, I approached it with an intense determination and a detailed roadmap. I had mapped out timeframes for every milestone: the completion of my PhD,
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Long term collaborators Lyn Phillipson and Louisa Smith reflect on both their successes and mistakes in engaging a diverse range of stakeholders in Participatory Action research to promote health and wellbeing.
New Podcast: Public Health Insiders
SPOTLIGHT: Global Network for Academic Public Health – This Is Public Health Global Grant Program 2023-2024
A new podcast from the Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine aims to demystify public health career pathways through interviews with people working in a range of roles across the field. Season 1 has just launched, and features interviews with people working in research, academia, policy, organisational leadership, health promotion, and communications.
Call for Expressions of Interest to join the Biostatistics Educational Excellence in Public Health (BEEPH) Network
Message from the co-chairs Dr Erin Cvejic and Ms Katrina Blazek
We have recently launched the Biostatistics Educational Excellence in Public Health (BEEPH) Network as a CAPHIA network, and are seeking expressions of interest to join from individuals involved in teaching Biostatistics in a public health context at CAPHIA member institutions. We hope that this network will provide a forum for educators to share ideas,
Competencies Renewal Project
Developing the knowledge, skills and attributes to educate the public health workforce
Project Update July 2024
We are pleased to announce that initial ethics approval has been received from the James Cook University Ethics Committee for the Competencies Renewal Project. Several steering committee co-investigators have received approval at their respective institutions while others are in progress. In the meantime, the Steering Committee continues work on developing an engagement strategy which will inform data collection,