Congratulations to the seven NCEPH academics who have been promoted
Congratulations to the seven ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) academics who have been promoted.
From 1 January 2027:
Chelsea Liu will become a Research Fellow
Chelsea’s research focuses on applied public health, primary health care, chronic disease prevention and management, cardiovascular disease prevention, digital health implementation, and research translation.
Qingyue (Marco) Li will become a Research Fellow
Marco’s recent work includes leading workforce modelling projects for territory governments and Primary Health Networks, as well as developing innovative frameworks for incorporating unmet healthcare needs into global workforce architectures.
Sergey Timonin will become a Fellow
Sergey’s research addresses fundamental questions about mortality, health inequalities and healthy ageing in Australia and internationally.
Amelia Gulliver will become a Senior Fellow
Amelia’s research focuses on finding practical solutions to improve mental health in specific population groups. Her primary research interests include lived experience research, the promotion of mental health help-seeking, and the development, evaluation, and implementation of mental health and suicide prevention programs. With funding from a 2026 NHMRC Investigator Grant, Amelia is investigating the gap between the availability of mental health services and people’s ability to access them.
Jinhu Li will become a Senior Fellow
Her research fields of interest are health economics, economics of education, and development economics. Her main research areas include social determinants of health and human capital and the economics of the health workforce. Her expertise lies in using causal inference methods and discrete choice experiments to address important empirical issues in health, education and development. Jinhu is also the co-convener of the Australian National University Health Economics Group.
Sarah Bourke will become a Senior Fellow
Sarah is an expert in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and international Indigenous health and wellbeing research and policy, Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous data sovereignty and governance, and community-led research design. Her work focuses on Indigenous philosophies of health and wellbeing and what it means to live a ‘good life’ from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other Indigenous perspectives.
Aparna Lal will become a Professor
Her research focuses on how the physical environment, broadly defined, impacts human health and well-being. Her projects combine public health surveillance with remote sensing, land and water quality monitoring data with community insights to quantify, monitor and understand the processes that shape disease patterns and the solutions that are needed.
This recognition highlights their ongoing commitment to their field as well as their dedication to NCEPH students.