Debunking the Myth: Operationalising One Health through CAPHIA Core Competencies
Dr Md Saiful Islam
School of Population Health, University of NSW, and
Dr Heena Akbar
School of Public Health, University of Queensland
When I introduce myself as a One Health researcher, the first question I am often asked is – “What is One Health?” After a brief explanation, many respond- “Oh- you mean system thinking,
Have your say on the CAPHIA Position Statement on Climate Change and Public Health Education at Forum
The CAPHIA Public Health Education Network (CPHEN) will host a Solution Room at Forum — an open, collaborative space to gather feedback on the draft Position Statement on Climate Change and Public Health Education.
Thursday 6 November, 2:45pm in Breakout Room 1.
This is your opportunity to help shape a statement that will guide how public health education responds to the growing challenges of climate change.
If You Lose Us: The Threatened Future for Public Health Education
At our September Early Career Academic Catch-Up Café (eve of World Environmental Day), we gathered to discuss teaching climate change amidst worsening environmental conditions, global geopolitical tensions, and increasing instability in public health. Our concerns are further weighted by the recent news from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), where the School of Public Health and Education is being dismantled.
CAPHIA Board of Directors Election 2025: Voting now CLOSED
The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) are inviting Full CAPHIA Members to cast their votes for TWO (2) Board Directors vacancies.
Voting Rules
The full program for the 2025 CAPHIA Training & Learning Forum is now live! Explore the sessions, speakers, and events that await you in Sydney this November.
Media Release:
CAPHIA warns against dismantling Public Health at UTS
September 18, 2025
The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA), representing university schools and departments of public health across Australia, Aoteroa New Zealand and the Pacific, expresses deep concern regarding the proposal by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to disestablish its School of Public Health.
Public health is a foundational discipline that underpins the health, wellbeing,
When the Classroom Gets Heavy: Finding Hope Amid Crisis
Dr Connie Gan
Griffith Institute for Human and Environmental Resilience (GIHER)
School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University
Walking out after watching the documentary “Corals’ Last Stand” and conversations with frontline activists, I felt my heart sink with a mix of emotions. Ongoing proposals to continue destructive practices like seismic blasting, gas flaring,
The 2025 CAPHIA Public Health Student Hackathon will be held on 4–6 November 2025 on Gadigal Land in Sydney at the University of Technology Sydney. CAPHIA is offering travel bursaries to support students for whom financial barriers might otherwise prevent their participation.
Registration is now open for the CAPHIA Public Health Hackathon: Reducing Vaping Harms in Young People.
CAPHIA and The School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney will bring together students, early career academics, entrepreneurs, community, and industry innovators to investigate a public health problem.
Educating in Real Time: How to Stay Up to Date in a Dynamic Policy Environment.
Holly Wild
As educators in public health, we are all too familiar with how unwieldy the field can be to teach. There are no neat, linear career pathways, no black-and-white answers, and not even a universally agreed-upon definition. While this ambiguity can feel overwhelming at first, students often come to appreciate the vast grey areas of public health.