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Dr Daniel O'Keefe

Senior Project Officer

daniel.okeefe@burnet.edu.au
Dr Daniel O'Keefe

Background

Initially working in mental health and homelessness service provision in Australia and the UK, Daniel moved into public health research in 2010 after joining Burnet Institute.

Since then, Daniel has fostered strong research skills in program development and leadership, field research and programmatic evaluation, particularly in the areas of alcohol and other drug research and viral hepatitis elimination.

Qualifications

  • 2018: Doctor of Philosophy (Public Health)
  • 2012: Master of Public Health (International Health)
  • 2004: Bachelor of Behavioural Science

Positions

  • 2021: Senior Project Officer, Burnet Institute
  • 2019-2021: Research and Technical Advisor, Burnet Institute Myanmar Office
  • 2018-2019: Data Analyst Activity Manager, Médecins Sans Frontières
  • 2014-2018: PhD Candidate, Monash University
  • 2010-2013: Research Assistant, Burnet Institute

Burnet publications

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01 Feb 2025

Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol

BMJ Open

Dylan Vella-Horne, Ashleigh C. Stewart, Matthew Hickman, Paul A. Agius, Nick Scott, Amanda Roxburgh, Daniel O’Keefe, Peter Higgs, Mark Stoové, Zachary Lloyd

01 Feb 2025

Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol

BMJ Open

Dylan Vella-Horne, Ashleigh C. Stewart, Matthew Hickman, Paul A. Agius, Nick Scott, Amanda Roxburgh, Daniel O’Keefe, Peter Higgs, Mark Stoové, Zachary Lloyd

01 Feb 2025

Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol

BMJ Open

Dylan Vella-Horne, Ashleigh C. Stewart, Matthew Hickman, Paul A. Agius, Nick Scott, Amanda Roxburgh, Daniel O’Keefe, Peter Higgs, Mark Stoové, Zachary Lloyd

Current projects

TREAT-HEP: community-based viral hepatitis testing and treatment project in Yangon, Myanmar

TREAT-HEP: community-based viral hepatitis testing and treatment project in Yangon, Myanmar

This project delivers hepatitis C prevention, testing and treatment services and hepatitis B testing and vaccination services.

Past projects

ACCESS Myanmar: Assessing the feasibility of an integrated HIV cascade of care surveillance system in Myanmar

ACCESS Myanmar: Assessing the feasibility of an integrated HIV cascade of care surveillance system in Myanmar

ACCESS Myanmar will implement and evaluate an electronic health records data linkage system that effectively monitors the progress of patients through HIV testing and treatment episodes of care across a network of partnering community and government services.

Eliminate C (EC) Victoria partnership

Eliminate C (EC) Victoria partnership

A partnership aimed at increasing hepatitis C treatment uptake among people who inject drugs (PWID) using nurse-led models of care in community and prison settings.

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