April Holmes
Project Manager
Working groups
Background
April joined Burnet Institute in October 2020 as Project Officer in the Tuberculosis Elimination and Implementation Science Working Group, supporting a number of projects in Papua New Guinea.
Prior to joining Burnet, April worked with the Leprosy Mission Australia to coordinate projects encompassing neglected tropical disease control, community-led health promotion, and rights of people with disabilities.
She has supported projects and partnerships in the NGO and social enterprise sectors for over five years, working mainly across Timor-Leste, Nepal and India.
Qualifications
- 2021: Graduate Certificate of Evaluation, University of Melbourne
- 2017: Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) with First Class Honours, Monash University
Past projects
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SORT-IT PNG
We facilitated Papua New Guinea's second Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative course with nine senior healthcare professionals from six provinces.
IndoPacLab
We aim to strengthen accurate, timely and scalable testing of COVID-19, HIV, TB and malaria.
The EZARET Study: Exploring Zoonotic Association and Risks for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea
This project explores zoonotic tuberculosis—tuberculosis that occurs in animals and is transmitted to humans
