
Martyn Kirk
@kirkmartyn
Professor of Applied Epidemiology at the Australian National University. I research emerging health threats from food, water and environment.
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19-07-2015 22:05:46
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My warm congratulations to Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala on his election as World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Director. Dr Saia has earned the confidence and trust of the Member States of the region. This is a great privilege, and a very great responsibility. I look forward to working together



Delighted to join the World Health Summit EU One Health panel on collaboration within disease surveillance systems #CollaborativeSurveillance provides us an opportunity to address our collective vulnerability through shared commitment, multidisciplinary intelligence & joint engagement




We’re helping protect animal & human health by building capacity to detect, prevent & control animal diseases that may impact humans, food security & livelihoods. Check out the new Asia Pacific Consortium of Veterinary Epidemiology veterinary field epidemiology eLearning. apcove.com.au



📢 Meet the speaker: Terry Nolan leads research into vaccine planning & will share learnings from pandemic preparedness that can be applied to the design of future-ready crops at our upcoming #SeedsofAcceleration workshop Agrifood Innovation Institute 📋 Register now! events.humanitix.com/seeds-of-accel…

Diagnostics for Public Health — Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control Marc Lipsitch evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…



🔉#genomics community! If you’re heading to Sydney for Global Health Security 2024 (18 June - 21 June) next wk, register for our workshop on the importance of capacity building, M&E 🧬Co-hosted by Centre for Pathogen Genomics UniMelb MDHS & FIND -Speakers APHL The Global Fund World Health Organization (WHO) Duke-NUS Medical School Doherty Institute Africa CDC



Did you know that thousands of sequences from across Australia have been contributed to the Australian Pathogen Genomics Program Program across several priority pathogens?🦠🧬You can see our monthly tracking numbers on the website and read more about the individual pathogens too👉auspathogen.org.au


Want to help build capacity in public health pathogen bioinformatics in the Asia Pacific region? 🦘Based in Melbourne Australia with Torsten Seemann ✈️Travel to and work internationally 🧠Lead strategy, training & infrastructure Applications close soon! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/918…
