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
Mr Henry Tan
Department of Health Western Australia
Principal Scientific Officer
Control of a large, prolonged community-wide salmonellosis outbreak in Western Australia
Mr Richard Theobald
Department of Health Western Australia
Managing Scientist Water
Wastewater Management Workshop
Mitigating Health Risks associated with Water & Wastewater - Lessons from the 2023 Kimberley Floods
Ms Caroline Thomas
Mid Murray Council
Environmental Health Officer
2022/2023 SA River Murray Floods: An EHO Case Study
Ms Katy Trevaskis
Department of Health WA
Manager Tobacco Control Compliance
Clearing the Air - The WA Health Tobacco Control Compliance response to vaping.
Mr Kevin Turner
Blacktown City Council
Manager Environment
Asbestos in the air – from triple 0 to EHO
Mr Christopher Vakas
Bundaberg Regional Council
Coordinator Environmental Health Services
Officer Safety Post Pandemic and in Hostile Environments
Dr Sandra Vale
National Allergy Council
CEO
Making it all about allergens: working together for best practice food allergen management
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
Mrs Kassandra Vuat
NT Health
Environmental Health Officer
Environmental Health Service Delivery in Remote NT Settings
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
Mrs Carla Webster
Shire of Esperance
Coordinator Environmental Health
Managing environmental health risks - Total Solar Eclipse 2023
Dr Lewis Weeda
The University of Western Australia
Doctor
How climate change degrades child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dr Mara West
Telethon Kids Institute
Kulunga Aboriginal Unit Coordinator
Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health – Time for Action
Associate Professor Harriet Whiley
Flinders University
Associate Professor in Environmental Health
New insights into Legionella risk management for the prevention of Legionnaires disease
Hon. Reece Whitby MLA
Parliament of Western Australia
Minister for Energy; Environment; Climate Action
Day 2 Opening
Mr James Wood
SEAM Environmental
Principal Consultant
Deemed to Satisfy or Performance Solution – This is the Question
Mr Peter Wright
Kernow Environmental Services P/L
Environmental Health and Partnerships Manager
Innovative Service Delivery through Environmental Health Shared Service
Dr Najihah Zainol Abidin
Management and Science University (MSU), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Senior Lecturer
Malaysian E-cigarette Vapors: A Health Risk Assessment among Its Users
Mr. Huberto Zanoria
Matias H. Aznar Memorial College
Community Extension Director
Persons with Disabilities and with limitations; A vulnerability assessment study