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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

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

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

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NHMRC Investigator Grants
Monday, 03 Aug 2026

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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ANU Three Minute Thesis 2026
Monday, 13 Jul 2026

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

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MAE Scholar Zac Doan
Monday, 15 Jun 2026

A COVID-era "couch epidemiologist" turned his curiosity into a career in public health. MAE scholar Zac Doan reflects on his journey from biomedical science to the WHO Western Pacific regional emergency response team.

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Nineteen Pacific health professionals have begun advanced epidemiology training
Thursday, 07 May 2026

Nineteen Pacific health professionals have begun advanced epidemiology training—supported in part by the Australian National University’s Pac-EVIPP+ program—to strengthen local capacity for evidence-based public health practice across the region.

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Events

A screenshot of a document titled "Retraction—Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis" published in the Lancet, detailing the retraction reasons and acknowledgments.
23 Jul 2020 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Panel discussion on the lessons learned following the retraction of Lancet and NEMJ articles and the implication for research practices.

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A lecturer speaks to a crowd of students in a large university auditorium.
11 Jun 2020 | 12:30 - 1pm

Comparing recursive partitioning and Bayesian network methods with logistic regression in the context of STH infection. 

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A man seated at a desk with two laptops, one displaying a graph and the other showing a document with images of athletes.
12 Mar 2020 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Tsheten will discuss the entomological and epidemiological characteristics of dengue including the cost of dengue control in Bhutan.

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An elderly man speaking into a microphone in a room with a beige wall.
17 Sep 2018 | 12 - 1pm

Professor Robert Bergquist presents his view on climate change and the effect on parasitic disease.

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A person in gloves administering an injection into another person's upper arm.
27 Oct 2016 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Local vaccine producers supply over half of the world’s vaccines. However, economic studies on local vaccine production in the present time, are limited. A better understanding of local vaccine production will help developing countries identify the current critical elements that predict vaccine production viability.

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Close-up image of a mosquito standing on a surface, showcasing its distinct black and white striped body and legs.
18 Aug 2016 | 12:45am - 1:30pm
Microscopic image of a cluster of orange rod-shaped bacteria on a textured green surface.
30 Jun 2016 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Luis is a PhD candidate in infectious disease epidemiology at the Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health. Before joining ANU, he completed his MEpi and MPH at the University of Queensland.

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A display of various croissants and pastries in a warmly lit bakery.
21 Jun 2016 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Wimalin will describe key findings of her research on the history of Thai food labelling from the 1910s until present.

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A close-up of a mosquito feeding on human skin.
9 Jun 2016 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

NCEPH PhD candidate Tehzeeb Zulfiqar talks about local and global climatic factors favourable to sustained dengue transmission in Bangladesh.

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