Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Services

About the Research Domain

Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Services:

This Research Domain seeks to understand health and disease in the community.

One in three people will develop cancer; one in five have a mental illness. How do we eradicate Trachoma from Indigenous communities? How do we improve the health of communities within Australia and globally? The work conducted in this domain has a global reach with research projects being conducted in Papua New Guinea, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar Indonesia, East Timor, Fiji, Mozambique, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and China.

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Louise Keogh

“For me translational research means that findings get back to the lay person and have an impact on their health". Dr Louise Keogh is the Public Health Epidemiology and Health Services Research Domain Coordinator. Translation has been a thread running through her research: “I’m very interested in the lay perspective on health issues, as well as the expert perspective, and the barriers to better communication between the two” she says.

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Research Domain Membership

Membership of the Research Domains is broken into three categories:

- Full Members - staff members and RHD students within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

- Affiliate Members - staff members and RHD students of the University of Melbourne (other than the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences).

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