Stories in Public Health
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Stories in Public Health is a podcast for new and aspiring public health professionals. Follow this podcast to get inspired by public health professionals who are leaders in their fields, learn about how they got to where they are and what motivates them to work in public health and stay up-to-date with the latest public health practice from the real world and have it explained in less academic..
Stories in Public Health
2y ago
Professor Littlewood talks us through the role of Health and Wellbeing Queensland, her career journey to CEO and what it has been like working in preventative health through a pandemic ..read more
Stories in Public Health
2y ago
Astrid is a post doctoral researcher at the Translational Research Institute and founder of Project Huitcaca, a non-for-profit aiming to support Latin American women in Science. She talks to us about her career journey, the mission of Project Huitaca, and what we can do to help ..read more
Stories in Public Health
2y ago
Professor Elizabeth Eakin is Head of School of the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. She is a behavioural scientist who's work focuses on interventions in chronic disease prevention and management. She sat down with me to talk about her research, her career journey and some lessons learned along the way ..read more
Stories in Public Health
3y ago
Hayley is the founder and CEO of ThriveHire, a curated job board for those looking to build a career in global health. She built the company with a strong team, including Program Officer, Annalise Mathers. They talk with us here about their own career journeys as well as some of the challenges and highlights of setting up a company with a social mission from scratch ..read more
Stories in Public Health
3y ago
Associate Professor Lisa Whop is an epidemiologist, leading research into cervical cancer control in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. She shares her important research and career lessons with us here ..read more
Stories in Public Health
3y ago
Dr Naveen Thacker is a pediatrician, and internationally recognised expert in vaccination. He played a key role in Polio eradication in India and is now working to fight misinformation online. He shares here, lessons from his career as well as the importance of looking after ourselves ..read more
Stories in Public Health
4y ago
I swapped seats for this episode and gave my usual hosting hat to Dr Melina Georgousakis. I have tried to share how I got my start in public health, why I started the podcast and a few lessons I have learned along my journey ..read more
Stories in Public Health
4y ago
Dr Lindsey Reece is a Research Fellow at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. She is the Director of a collaborative research partnership between the University and the NSW Office of Sport known as SPRINTER (Sport and Active Recreation Intervention & Epidemiology Research. She talks to us about her expertise in physical activity and working across research and government ..read more
Stories in Public Health
4y ago
Ever wondered what it's like to transition from academia to private industry? Dr Erica Crome has done just that. She shares her journey and lessons learned with us at Stories in Public Health ..read more
Stories in Public Health
5y ago
Learn about the emerging field of computational epidemiology from Associate Professor Adam Dunn ..read more