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GOARN expert Sera Ngeh with Vanuatu's Director for Public Health Services Dr Jenny Stephen during her deployment to provide risk communication and community engagement (RCCE support). Image: Nancy Wong/WHO
Friday, 04 Sep 2026
  • Alumni
  • Career story

When Sera Ngeh first set foot in Tonga, she had no idea the Pacific would become a defining part of her career. Now she works as an international public health professional across the Pacific region, supporting countries to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.

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Nicole Chatfield at the Kulay Kalingka study launch in Condobolin, July 2023. Photo: Pew Pew Studio
Wednesday, 02 Sep 2026
  • Impact story
  • Research story

The history of Indigenous health research in Australia is deeply entwined with practices that were often extractive, exploitative and driven by non-Indigenous agendas. Now, Yardhura Walani and the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics are leading the way to change that.

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Dr Andini Pramono presented ‘Assessing Infant Feeding Practices’ during World Breastfeeding Week. Image: Supplied
Wednesday, 26 Aug 2026
  • News

NCEPH researchers are examining how data and evidence can help strengthen breastfeeding support and reduce gaps in access to care.

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Dr Anaseini Ratu, Ms Garabwan, Dr David Bill and Pac-EVIPP+ lead Dr Rosalina Sa'aga-Banuve (front row, left to right) with workshop participants. Image: Supplied
Friday, 07 Aug 2026
  • News

In Naoero, the Pacific island nation formerly known as Nauru, health leadership training is beginning to come full circle.

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NHMRC Investigator Grants
Monday, 03 Aug 2026
  • News

Four researchers from the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) have been awarded 2026 NHMRC Investigator Grants, securing more than $8 million in funding to pursue ambitious public health research over the next five years.

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Professor Kamalini Lokuge
Monday, 27 Jul 2026
  • Academic profile
  • Impact story

From the Ebola outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Kamalini Lokuge has been driven to provide humanitarian health care wherever in the world it may be needed.

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Australia's smoking rates hit historic low despite illicit tobacco concerns
Friday, 17 Jul 2026
  • News

Australia’s smoking rate has reached its lowest level on record, with new results from the country’s most trusted national survey showing fewer people are smoking than ever before.

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ANU Three Minute Thesis 2026
Monday, 13 Jul 2026
  • Impact story
  • News

Three NCEPH PhD students reflect on what happens when years of research must become a story that anyone can understand.

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ANU researchers hosted a co-design workshop at ANU with representatives from community organisations and people with lived experience to discuss future research on women’s health and Long COVID. Image: Calo Huang/ANU
Monday, 29 Jun 2026
  • News

Research on the impact of Long COVID and women's health in migrant and refugee communities in the ACT will change thanks to a new co-design process held at ANU.

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