If You Lose Us: The Threatened Future for Public Health Education

ECA Blog, Advocacy, Early Career Academics

If You Lose Us: The Threatened Future for Public Health Education

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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. 

ECA Blog | When the Classroom Gets Heavy: Finding Hope Amid Crisis

Early Career Academics, ECA Blog

When the Classroom Gets Heavy: Finding Hope Amid Crisis

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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,

Empowering the Next Generation: Insights from Early Career Academia in Public Health | Global Public Health Week 2024

Events, Early Career Academics, News

Empowering the Next Generation: Insights from Early Career Academia in Public Health | April 12 10am – 12pm AEST

Global Public Health Week 2024 Events

As part of the discussion surrounding best practice in public health for Global Public Health Week 2024, CAPHIA presented two interactive sessions featuring expert global academics and practitioners. 

Organised as part of Global Public Health Week,

Membership Call – Early Career Academics Committee

Early Career Academics

Expression of Interest: Early Career Academics Committee

The CAPHIA Board of Director is calling for members for the Early Career Academics Committee

CAPHIA is seeking members for the Early Career Academics (ECA) Committee.

Formerly known as “ECAPS” the Committee is focused on professionally developing those towards the start of their academic public health journey.

The Committee is highly engaged and output focused. Previous deliverables include speed networking, the 4-part professional development series and an international perspective seminar (see our vimeo channel for recordings,

Recording Available: ECAPS Professional Development Seminar 4

Early Career Academics, Events, Resources

The final seminar in the four-part Professional Development series was held on 6 December 2022. Five presentations by experienced and early career academics examined key considerations in applying for promotion at the early career stage and beyond and preparing to enter academia as an HDR student. Topics include how to know when to apply for promotion, choosing and presenting the best evidence for your application, lessons from unsuccessful applications, perspectives from the point of view of a promotion panel,