School of Population Health

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Study at the School of Population Health (SPH) in Sydney, Australia at UNSW. The School is a leading educator in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region through its postgraduate programs in Public Health, Global Health, Health Leadership and Management and Infectious Diseases Intelligence. For undergraduate students, we offer the Bachelor of International Public Health. The School also offers excellent research degrees including a unique doctorate in Applied Public Health which incorporates workplace experience and a thesis in professional practice. Our School is strongly committed to excellence in learning, teaching and research to enhance public health and health services. We provide quality learning that is student-centred and relevant to real-world practice.

 
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PHCM 9792 - Everything you need to know about injury (and more)

In term 1, 2022 the School of Population Health will again offer ‘Injury Epidemiology, Prevention and Control’ (PHCM9792) as a 6UOC elective in the Master of Public Health and the Master of Global Health. Co-convened by Head of the School Professor Rebecca Ivers and National Health and Medical Research Council fellow Dr Amy Peden, the course will be offered in external mode and takes a global view of injury-related harm and its prevention. More information on the course can be found here.

 

 
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In profile with Tony Butler: As a society we could and should do better by our citizens

Professor Tony Butler leads the Justice Health Research Program (JHRP) at UNSW School of Population Health. The team of researchers are working on a range of projects involving adult and juvenile prisoners, and community-based offenders. Here Professor Butler shares what the program is focused on, what motivates his work, why he joined the School and more.  

"Adult and juvenile prisoners, and community-based offenders endure some of the worst health outcomes in society and this has implications for the health of the wider community. UNSW School of Population Health provides a good fit for the Justice Health Research team’s work given the need for a strong prevention focus, and with incarceration now accepted as a public health issue,” said Tony Butler. 

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Dr Janice Tan – Master of Public Health

Dr Janice Tan started working towards a Master of Public Health (part-time) at UNSW School of Population Health in 2018 and finished with a Distinction in 2021. Janice is currently in a consulting role for a digital health company and hopes to utilize her knowledge to invoke change by taking part in advisory roles for Central Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network.

“I believe that we are now entering the age of digital health and I would like to be part of the revolution to ensure that equitable change is brought upon our population,” said Dr Janice Tan. “My study at the School of Population Health has equipped me with knowledge in both health systems and epidemiology and has provided me with a core understanding of digital health which will help me in my future endeavours.”  

The School of Population Health championed distance learning long before the COVID-19 pandemic. This meant that teaching was minimally affected last year. Also, the lecturers here have real life experience working in public health. In the Digital Health course, we had conveners from WHO’s Collaborating Centre. In the Infectious Diseases course, our conveners were actively providing advice to the government during the pandemic.

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Selfies - Is life worth likesSelfies: Is your life worth a few 'likes'?
One minute the young man was standing on the edge of a cliff, taking a selfie. The next minute, tragedy struck. "People are often striving for the best image and visit picturesque but potentially isolated and risky locations to achieve the perfect shot," said Dr Amy Peden.  <Read more here>
 

Image - blood pressure measuredExperts call for urgent action to improve control rates of high blood pressure
Leading experts on hypertension have issued a call to action to improve uncontrolled blood pressure in Australia. Their call to action – which recommends a three-step plan to tackle the problem, including establishing a national taskforce – is published in the Medical Journal of Australia.  <Read more here>
 

Image Gaawaadhi GadudhaNew research looks to cultural ties to improve health and wellbeing
Kinship, Country, Law/Lore, and Dreaming are fundamental concepts for Aboriginal cultures and people which play an essential role in nurturing resilience.  Aboriginal cultural resilience is an important but not well understood factor that impacts health outcomes, and is the focus of the new project, Gaawaadhi Gadudha.   <Read more here>
 

Image - AiTT seminarEnabling health system solutions through learning, adapting, and communicating
The swift escalation of COVID into a global health emergency revealed deep fractures in health system infrastructures and an insufficiency in the resources required to sustainably manage a crisis of such magnitude. In an event co-hosted by the School and Oxfam Australia a live panel of experts discuss the impacts COVID-19 has had on Pacific health systems.   <Read more here>
 

Image HEAL NetworkNew HEAL network to tackle health impacts of climate change
Australians will be better protected against the health impacts of climate change, thanks to a new national research network. The Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) network brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, sustainable development, environmental epidemiology, and data science and communication to address climate change and its impacts on health.  <Read more here>
 

Image Covid vaccine nurembergCOVID vaccines don't violate the Nuremberg Code. Here's how to convince the doubters
People opposing vaccine mandates, or COVID vaccines more broadly, have claimed the vaccines violate the Nuremberg Code. They say COVID vaccines are experimental and people have been coerced into vaccination. They say this breaches the ethical code drawn up after the second world war to guide medical research and human clinical trials. Here’s why the Nuremberg Code doesn’t apply, and how to correct this misunderstanding.  <Read more here>
 

Image Glasgow Climate PactGlasgow Climate Pact shameful: perpetuates a privileged, colonial and selfish view of health and planet
The Glasgow Climate Pact is a missed opportunity to drive the global action and solidarity needed to mitigate the catastrophic health impacts of the climate emergency, say experts from the School. Many millions of people and communities will be left behind if governments around the world especially in high income countries like Australia do not act more boldly.  <Read more here>
 

Image Blog unaccountable spinBLOG: Unaccountable spin and a malevolent distrust of science
As a health political scientist, my most profound response to the Australian COP26 drama is one of baffled disappointment. For a country that regularly claims to punch above its weight, to meeting and beating targets, and to be in front of the queue, the level of unaccountable spin is inexorable.  <Read more here>
 

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