2024 CAPHIA Annual Report now available

FY23-24 Annual Report now available
Highlight of FY23-24
Professor Rebecca Ivers AM, CAPHIA Chair of the Board of Directors

  1. Professional Development & events
  • Awarded 8 paid internships from over 200 applications across 7 institutions in Australia and Fiji
  • Hosted the 2023 Teaching & Learning Forum in Adelaide with 135+ attendees, featuring international speakers and oral presentations, challenge rooms and solution rooms
  • Organized the 2023 Heads of Schools Summit with 40+ leaders,

Meet our new Public Officer: Professor Brenton Prosser

CAPHIA’s new Public Officer: Professor Brenton Prosser

We are pleased to announce CAPHIA’s new Public Officer, Professor Brenton Prosser. 

Brenton Prosser is Professor of Public Policy and Leadership at University of New South Wales Canberra, and Director of the UNSW Public Partnerships and Impact Hub. His research interests include governance, minority government, public policy, trust, mental and public health. He specialises in research into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, while he has worked in led several large-scale national evaluations in health and aged care from private and university sectors.

EOIs open: 2024 Teaching and Learning Forum Scientific Committee

Express your Interest in the 2024 Teaching and Learning Forum Scientific Committee

Are you enthusiastic about teaching and learning in public health? Would you like to be directly involved in shaping our annual forum?

We’re seeking expressions of interest from across our network for motivated members to join our 2024 Forum Scientific Committee. This is an exciting opportunity to directly shape this years’ forum including supporting development of the Forum stream and themes,

Introducing CAPHIA Networks

CAPHIA Networks – A new offering to learn and connect with the CAPHIA community

We are pleased to announce a new offering – CAPHIA Networks to foster collaboration and expertise in specific areas of academic public health. CAPHIA Networks are informal, academic-led groups to drive professional development and best practice in an area of interest.

How to Propose a CAPHIA Network

A short guideline on how to create and manage CAPHIA networks effectively: Proposal Have a Network idea in mind?

CAPHIA Board Director Election 2023 – Vote Now!

CAPHIA Board of Directors Election 2023: Voting now open

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.

  1. All current financial Full Member institutions of CAPHIA are eligible to vote for those nominated for the CAPHIA Board of Directors
  2. The Head of School, CAPHIA representative or their nominated delegate may cast the vote.

CAPHIA Board of Directors – Nominations open for 2 x vacancies

CAPHIA Board Vacancies – Elected Directors
The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) is seeking nominations for two (2) Board Directors to be elected by Members. We are inviting Full Members to nominate candidates for these roles.

Nominations for Elected Director candidates must:

  • Include all required information requested into this EOI form; and
  • Be lodged by 10am Monday 16th October 2023

Please note that a Full Member may only nominate one candidate for election.

CAPHIA Governance: Board Election Results

Change of Office Bearers

As part of the adoption of the Constitution in May 2022, a change in office bearers was called for in the meeting of the Board of Directors of 8 December 2022. The new governance structure required the four members of the initial Board to retire, with three elected directors to be subsequently appointed. The remaining elected directors will retire for the 2023 Annual General Meeting.

Nominations for the roles of Chair and Deputy Chair were taken in the Board meeting.