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CAPHIA Competencies Renewal Project Update September 2025

16/09/2025

CAPHIA Competencies Renewal Project Update September 2025

The CAPHIA Competencies Renewal Project is progressing through a collaborative, inclusive, and evidence-informed process to ensure Australia’s public health education framework remains contemporary and fit-for-purpose.

Current Status
What have we done so far?

Set up: establishing robust governance and obtaining approval from 10 institutions across four countries took the majority of 2024. As this is the first Public Health Australasian competency framework,

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

12/09/2025

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,

Applications for the 2025 Hackathon Travel Bursaries program are now open!

01/09/2025

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.

More information here. Make an application here.

Hackathon Registrations are now open!

01/09/2025

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.

CAPHIA Board of Directors – Nominations open for 2 x vacancies

01/09/2025

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 midnight Tuesday 30th September 2025.

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

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UC Public Health Advocacy short course

26/08/2025

UC Public Health Advocacy short course
Learn to influence health policy with confidence

Course Postponement – New Timetable below
Due to a range of circumstances, the University of Canberra wishes to advise a change of dates to the 2025 Public Health Advocacy Short Course. The Course is scheduled for 4-6, 11- 13 and 18-19 November, 2025. Registration is still open. Please see below for details.

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ECA Blog | Educating in Real Time: How to Stay Up to Date in a Dynamic Policy Environment

04/08/2025

Educating in Real Time: How to Stay Up to Date in a Dynamic Policy Environment.

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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.

ECA Blog | One Year As An Indigenous Early Career Researcher

10/07/2025

One Year As An Indigenous Early Career Researcher.

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Sharna Motlap

NAIDOC Week 2025 marks a powerful 50-year milestone of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience, its theme, “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy,” resonates deeply with my personal journey.

The journey into academia, particularly as an Indigenous researcher, is paved with unique challenges and rewards. As I reflect on my first year as an Early Career Research Fellow (ECMR),

Introducing A/Prof Bevan Erueti to the Board of Directors

08/07/2025

Welcome to the CAPHIA Board: Associate Professor Bevan Erueti as Māori Health Director

We are delighted to announce that Associate Professor Bevan Erueti has joined the CAPHIA Board of Directors as Māori Health Director, bringing distinguished Indigenous academic leadership to our governance and strategic direction.

A Leader Grounded in Mātauranga Māori

Dr. Erueti is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean Māori in Te Kura Hauora Tāngata/College of Health at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa/Massey University,

EOI: Guest Contributor – Early Career Academics Blog & “Catch up cafe”

02/04/2025

Expression of Interest: Guest Contributor – Early Career Academics Blog & “Catch Up Cafe” 28th April

The 2025 CAPHIA (Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia) Early Career Academics Committee is excited to announce the continuation of our monthly virtual “Catch Up Cafe.” Building on the success of our informal gatherings in 2024, we are evolving this initiative to provide more structured learning and networking opportunities for early career public health academics and professionals.
This year,