Meet Our Keynote Presenters
Dr Paul Armstrong
WA Department of Health
Acting Chief Health Officer of Western Australia and Acting Assistant Director General of the Public and Aboriginal Health Division
Keynote
WA Department of Health
Acting Chief Health Officer of Western Australia and Acting Assistant Director General of the Public and Aboriginal Health Division
Keynote
Dr. Jesse Bliss
National Environmental Health Association
Director PPD Department
Emergency Management / Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster risk reduction and environmental health attributes
Integrating Environmental Health within the UN Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai) Framework
National Environmental Health Association
Director PPD Department
Emergency Management / Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster risk reduction and environmental health attributes
Integrating Environmental Health within the UN Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai) Framework
Hon Assoc Prof Leanne Coombe
Public Health Association of Australia
Policy and Advocacy Manager
WHO Public Health and Emergency Preparedness Workforce Roadmap
Public Health Association of Australia
Policy and Advocacy Manager
WHO Public Health and Emergency Preparedness Workforce Roadmap
Emeritus Professor Mike Daube
Curtin University
Emeritus Professor
We can all make a difference – what works in public and environmental health advocacy?
Curtin University
Emeritus Professor
We can all make a difference – what works in public and environmental health advocacy?
Dr. David Dyjack
National Environmental Health Assn
Chief Executive Officer
The Isthmus
Workforce panel - Environmental health champions?
Integrating Environmental Health within the UN Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai) Framework
National Environmental Health Assn
Chief Executive Officer
The Isthmus
Workforce panel - Environmental health champions?
Integrating Environmental Health within the UN Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai) Framework
Hon Ged Kearney MP
Parliament of Australia
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Opening of Congress
Parliament of Australia
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Opening of Congress
Prof Peter Le Souef
University of Western Australia
Professor of Paediatrics
Correcting UN data on global child mortality for the effects of environmental deterioration
University of Western Australia
Professor of Paediatrics
Correcting UN data on global child mortality for the effects of environmental deterioration
Mr Simon Millman
Parliament of Western Australia
State Member for Mount Lawley and Parliamentary Secretary to the Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA, Minister for Health; Mental Health
WA Government response to threats from tobacco/vaping
Parliament of Western Australia
State Member for Mount Lawley and Parliamentary Secretary to the Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA, Minister for Health; Mental Health
WA Government response to threats from tobacco/vaping
Professor Virginia Murray
UK Health Security Agency
Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Reduction – the importance of Environmental Health
UK Health Security Agency
Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Reduction – the importance of Environmental Health
Prof Sotiris Vardoulakis
University of Canberra
Professor of Environmental Public Health and Director of the Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Global Research Centre
Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health – Time for Action
University of Canberra
Professor of Environmental Public Health and Director of the Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Global Research Centre
Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health – Time for Action
Associate Professor Aditya Vyas
University of Canberra
Deputy Director, Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Global Research Centre
A new era of environmental health practice for climate resilient health systems
University of Canberra
Deputy Director, Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Global Research Centre
A new era of environmental health practice for climate resilient health systems
Dr Mara West
Telethon Kids Institute
Kulunga Aboriginal Unit Coordinator
Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health – Time for Action
Telethon Kids Institute
Kulunga Aboriginal Unit Coordinator
Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health – Time for Action
Hon. Reece Whitby MLA
Parliament of Western Australia
Minister for Energy; Environment; Climate Action
Day 2 Opening
Parliament of Western Australia
Minister for Energy; Environment; Climate Action
Day 2 Opening
Meet Our Speakers
Dr Isabel Hess
Sydney Local Health District
Deputy Clinical Director Public Health, Sydney Local Health District
Implementation and evaluation of the Graduate Environmental Health Officer Traineeship at SLHD
Miss Natalie Hill
Eurofins ARL
Supervising Analytical Services Manager
Sampling 101: How to take samples (food, water, environmental) and interpret results
Dr. Jorge Honles
University of Toulouse (UPS)
Ph.D. Candidate
Modeling pesticide pollution risk in Peru and the relationship with human health
Mrs Jody Houston
Sydney Local Health District
Manager, Environmental Health
Vape retail sales and accessibility in Urban Sydney – opening and closing pandoras box
Mr Blake Humble
City of Perth
Parks and Environment Manager
Technical Tour - Water Sensitive Urban Design
Ms Laura Hunter
Australian Council on Smoking and Health
Co-CEO
Tobacco and vaping control, challenges and opportunities
Miss Amanda Hutchings
Darling Downs Health
Team Leader Environmental Health
Environmental health approach to address healthy skin.
Mr Samuel Jackson
Thuroona Services
Director | Projects and Hazardous Materials
Demolition of the the former Wittenoom townsite
Dr Julia Jaeger
Eurofins Environment Testing
Technical Specialist
Sampling 101: How to take samples (food, water, environmental) and interpret results
Revealing Microplastics in Environmental Samples: Advancements in Analysis
Dr Andrew Jardine
Department of Health WA
Managing Scientist – Biological and Applied Environmental Health Hazards
Mosquito-borne disease activity and management in Western Australia
Dr Melinda Judge
Telethon Kids Institute
Postdoc
Australia-wide assessment of climate impacts on markers of child health
Mr Dieter Jurgeneit
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Team Leader – Environmental Health
Paradise to Public Health Priority!
Mr. Masaki Kakeyama
Waseda University
Professor
Social brain as a target of environmental pollutants
Hon Ged Kearney MP
Parliament of Australia
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Opening of Congress
CDR Anna Khan
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
Associate Director for Communication
Applying Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC): An All-Hazards Approach to Environmental Public Health
Ms Frith Klug
Food Environments Team, Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute
Research Project Coordinator
Utility of the WA Food Atlas for local government public health planning and policy development
Mr Jared Koutsoukos
Department of Health WA
Senior Scientific Officer
Wastewater Management Workshop
Ms Emma Kuhn
Flinders University
Associate Lecturer
The effects of Third hand Exposure to Methamphetamine (THEM) syndrome
Mrs Lynn Laird
Logan City Council
Environmental Health Officer
Celebrating culture through art - Samoan tattoo studio
Ms Melinda Lennon
Queensland Health
Director Environmental Health
Citizen Science in Environmental Health
Prof Peter Le Souef
University of Western Australia
Professor of Paediatrics
Correcting UN data on global child mortality for the effects of environmental deterioration
Dr Katherine Lim
Department of Health, Western Australia
Project Officer
Salmonella Enteritidis infections in Western Australia-detection of a cluster linked to a food venue
Mr Gareth Little-Hales
Yarra Ranges Council
Environmental Health Officer
Improving Wastewater Practices
Dr Natalia Lizama
Cancer Council Western Australia
Make Smoking History Research Fellow
WA workers’ perceptions of workplace exposure to tobacco smoke and vape aerosols
Ms Natalie Lowdon
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors
President Elect
Elevating the Profile of Environmental Public Health: The Canadian Perspective
SQNLDR Chloe Lowndes
Australian Defence Force
Squadron Leader
More Than Just a Day Job – Environmental Health in the Australian Defence Force
Associate Professor Zena Lynch
University of Birmingham
Honorary Associate Professor
Workforce panel - Environmental health champions?