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Invited Speakers

Dr Clare Huppatz
Dr Clare Huppatz PSM is Western Australia’s Chief Health Officer and a highly respected public health physician with more than two decades of regional, national and international experience. Her background spans communicable disease control, emergency preparedness, public health regulation, preventive health and health promotion. As WA’s Deputy Chief Health Officer, she played an instrumental role in the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response, including establishing and leading the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre.

Dr Huppatz’s career reflects a strong commitment to legislative reform, systemwide improvement, and collaboration across government, industry and communities. A Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, she has worked across most Australian jurisdictions and contributed to World Health Organization missions in the Pacific and Geneva. She is also deeply committed to improving Aboriginal health, with longstanding involvement in community-led programs across regional WA.

Emily Munro

Emily Munro is an Acting Senior Program Officer in the Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus team at the Department of Health Western Australia. She has a background in public health strategy, health promotion, and research across government and non-government settings. Prior to her current role, Emily worked as a Project Officer in Mental Health Strategy at East Metropolitan Health Service, a Health Promotion Officer at North Metropolitan Health Service, and a Research Assistant at The Kids Research Institute Australia. She volunteers as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Royal Life Saving Society WA and is an advocate for young people and early career public health professionals. Emily holds a Master of Public Health and has contributed to initiatives focused on digital health and online safety, mental health, STI prevention, and local government public health planning. 

Mike Daube

Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO

Mike Daube is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, where he was Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute. Before this he was Director General of Health for WA and Chair of the National Public Health Partnership. He has held a range of senior positions in government, with other roles including President/ Chair of PHAA, ACOSH, and many other organisations and committees, including the Australian Government’s committee that recommended tobacco plain packaging. He has worked on public health issues including tobacco, alcohol and gambling nationally and internationally since 1973, has published widely, and has worked with WHO, governments and health organisations in c.40 countries. Among current committee roles, he is Chair of the Health Promotion International Editorial Board.

He is an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO), was Western Australian of the Year in 2018, and has received further awards from WHO, PHAA, AMA, ACOSH, Cancer Council, Heart Foundation, Thoracic Society, American Cancer Society, WFPHA and other organisations.

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