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Patricia G. Associate Professor, Senior Principal Research Fellow
Last update: Jan 22, 2025
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Citizenships:
Australia, UK
Languages:
English, French
Highest Degree:
Doctorate
Experience:
26 years
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Researcher/technical advisor on vector-borne disease epidemiology and evidence-based control, especially malaria and lymphatic filariasis (50% time);
Director, WHO/James Cook University Collaborating Centre for Lymphatic Filariasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminths and other Neglected Tropical Diseases (50% time): includes diagnostics, epidemiology, surveillance, M&E, mapping, and training in the WHO/WPRO and Asia-Pacific region;
Long-term applied research, project management, and policy advisory experience in the Pacific, Africa and Asia, especially Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Gambia, Ethiopia and Nigeria;
Successful short-term consultant for the World Bank, WHO, AusAID and USAID for support to and evaluation of malaria and filariasis control programmes, especially Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Viet Nam, India, Sri Lanka, and Melanesian countries;
Skilled in implementation/analysis of population based surveys, assessment and use of routine surveillance data with inclusion of climate data relevant to vector-borne diseases, and design of M&E plans for vector-borne and neglected disease control programmes;
Excellent technical writing skills as demonstrated by publications in peer-reviewed journals and monographs written and edited for WHO and the Institute of Medicine, USA;
Experienced author and editor with the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group in meta-analysis and evidence-based evaluation of infectious disease prevention, treatment and control;
Teaching experience includes course design and delivery in international health and supervision of students at the graduate level, short courses on data management and use of climate data in public health, and development/delivery of training materials and software manuals for health staff, field staff and entomologists in malaria- and filariasis-endemic countries;

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