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
Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health – Time for Action
University of Canberra
Professor of Environmental Public Health
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
Ms Sabita Adhikari
University of Sydney
PhD Candidate
An assessment of faecal contamination on latrine front-end surfaces in rural Fiji
Mr. Samuel Yaw Agyemang-Badu
College of Health-Yamfo. Department of Community Health. Ministry of Health, Health Training Institution, Ghana
Principal Health Tutor (Environmental Health)
Utilization Of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net Among Mothers Of Children 0-59 Months in Sunyani
Mrs Batool Aljubran
Flinders University
PhD student
Investigation of Tattoo Pigment Degradation by Laser Light
Dr Anu Anuradha
Qld Health
Public Health Senior Medical Officer
A look back on Hepatitis A in Queensland from 2015 to 2023: what has changed?
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
Miss Chrystal Ashby
City of Vincent
Health Promotion Project Officer
City of Vincent Smoke-Free Town Centres
Dr. Diana Atwine
Ministry of Health
Permanent Secretary
Uganda’s Climate Change and Health National Adaptation Plan and its role in building resilient Health Systems
Ms Michelle Barrett
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Research Officer
Supporting practitioners working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health
Dr Dylan Barth
Telethon Kids Institute / WA Department of Health
Senior Epidemiologist
Modes of transmission and attack rates of Group A streptococcal infection
Mr David Bellman
City of Gold Coast
Coordinator Environmental Health Operations
Paradise to Public Health Priority!
Ms Nancy Bird
NT Department of Health
Environmental Health Team Leader
Environmental Health Service Delivery in Remote NT Settings
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
Professor Asha Bowen
Perth Children's Hospital
Head of Department - Infectious Diseases
What are the most effective environmental health initiatives to prevent Acute Rheumatic Fever?
Mr Benjamin Boyle
Flinders University
PhD Student
Toxic products formed when aged tattoos are lasered: an investigation
Dr Lisa Bricknell
Central Queensland University
Senior Lecturer and Head of Undergraduate Public Health courses
Research project – Building Environmental Health Profession adaptive capacity to climate change
Ms Emily Bryson
Central Queensland University
PhD Researcher and Associate Lecturer
Assessing and Mitigating Health Risks of Using Home Composted Dog Faeces in Backyard Edible Gardens
Dr Rachel Burgess
Telethon Kids Institute
Indigenous Lead END RHD Program
What are the most effective environmental health initiatives to prevent Acute Rheumatic Fever?
Mrs Melissa Burn
EHA (TAS) INC
President and EHA National Vice President
National Return of Unwanted Medicines (NatRUM): the safe disposal of unwanted medicines in Australia
Dr Lucy Butcher
East Metroplitan Health Service
Acting Principal Public Health Nutritionist
Mapping the dietary risk of chain food outlets for public health planning in Australia
Mr Jon Button
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Senior Environmental Officer (Noise)
Calculating the Cost of a Good Night Out
Mr Mark Chadwick
Shire of Derby West Kimberley
Manager Development Services
Martuwarra River Flood 2023 - Response and Recovery
Dr Dennis Chirawurah
University for Development Studies
Senior Lecturer/Director of West Africa Resilience Innovation Lab
Trans-Frontier Community Socio-Cultural Environments, Learning, Epidemic Preparedness and Control
Mr Ray Christophers
Nirrumbuk Environmental Health and Services
CEO
Co-designing an Aboriginal Environmental Health model of care to close the gap
Mr John Coles
Department of Health WA
Principal Project Officer – Vaccine Management
Vaccine Management 101 – Experiences from Western Australia’s response to the Pandemic
Ms Julia Collins
Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency
Director of Awareness and International
How to communicate effectively about asbestos risks to the public