NCEPH Student Conference 2026
Emerging Researchers for Population Health Solutions
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Description
Join us at this year’s NCEPH Student Conference, themed Emerging Researchers for Population Health Solutions, for a day of research, connection, and community.
Featuring 20 presentations and three research posters, the conference will showcase work across various topics ranging from global health and wellbeing to Australian health systems, access, prevention, and equity.
It’s a great opportunity to discover the breadth of research happening at NCEPH, connect with HDR students and early-career researchers, and contribute to conversations about innovative responses to today’s population health challenges.
Delivery type
This is an in-person-only event. Refreshments, morning tea, and lunch will be provided.
Schedule
9:30–10:00
Registration & arrival refreshments
10:00–10:10
Welcome and housekeeping
10:10–10:30
Director's address
10:30–11:45
Session 1 (Oral presentations): Global health and wellbeing
- Wubshet Negash — Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on Person-Centered Maternity Care During Childbirth in Conflict-Affected Settings of Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study
- Ayenew Tesema — Mental health literacy and the self-conscious emotions of guilt and shame amongst perinatal Ethiopian women
- Alfi Yudani — Burden of psychological stress, depression, and suicidal ideation among Indonesian young adults
- Tania Sultana — Who Bears the Burden? Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Financing and Disability Inequity in Bangladesh
- Sethunya Matenge — Exploring the mechanisms and conditions under which gender transformative programs may advance women's leadership in health in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review (recording)
11:45–12:30
Morning tea and poster viewing
Posters:
- Nyo Yamonn — Mental health and skills needs of community-based health workers performing maternal and child health tasks in conflict-affected areas: A scoping review with a gender-informed lens
- Stuart Manoj-Margison — Syphilis surveillance in Australia: a review of data systems and gaps during an epidemic
- Zoë Alexandra Becvarik — Review of National Disaster Inquiries – lessons learned for the health and wellbeing dimension of community resilience
12:30–13:15
Session 2 (Rapid presentations)
- Robera Olana Fite — Strategies for effective health program handovers in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
- Rocio Noriega — Arboviruses associated with livestock diseases in Australia and neighbouring countries – a scoping review
- Amare Wolie — Rapid weight gain from infancy through childhood in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
- Stuart Manoj-Margison — Costing a national syphilis register: designing an economic evaluation protocol
- Atitegeb Abera Kidie — Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Adults with Asthma Attending Public Hospitals in the North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
- Declan Tennent — Developing Postal Area-level climate exposure measures for cryptosporidiosis risk analysis in Australia
13:15–14:00
Lunch and poster viewing
14:00–14:20
Afternoon opening: Associate Professor Tomoko Sugiura
14:20–15:50
Session 3 (Oral presentations): Australian health systems, access, prevention & equity
- Dianna Smith — Exploring experiences of implementing and running an Australian Recovery College: "Flying the plane whilst building it"
- Andrew Tjokrowidjaja — Healthcare service utilisation among migrants in the ACT Region
- Katriel Mariae Tan — Navigating Prevention: Health System Literacy and Cancer Screening Access Among Migrants in the ACT
- Hesham M. Al-Sharani — Early twice-daily toothbrushing and adolescent dental caries: a causal inference analysis using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
- Stuart Manoj-Margison — A national syphilis register for Australia? Findings from a qualitative feasibility and acceptability study with stakeholders
- Zoë Alexandra Becvarik — An evidence-based and expert-driven community resilience framework for the health impacts of climate change
15:50–16:00
Closing remarks and prizes
Prizes for Best Oral, Rapid and Poster presentations
Location
Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, 62A Eggleston Road, Acton, ACT 2600