Emily Adamson
Program Manager, Health Promotion, EC Australia
Working groups
Background
Emily joined the Burnet Institute in 2019 and is part of the Eliminate C Australia Partnership team. Emily will support the coordination of a health promotion strategy that will support people to access Hep C treatments.
Over the years, Emily has worked with a range of community-based organisations, with a focus on program design and implementation in collaboration with communities, as well as case management and training in chronic disease management.
Qualifications
- 2019: Health Program Design and Implementation-Short Course, University of Melbourne
- 2017: Program Logic -Evaluation, University of Melbourne
- 2011: Diploma of Management, 2011, Australian Institute of Management, Australia
- 2006: Advanced Diploma of Solution Focused Counselling, The Centre for Effective Therapy, Australia
- 1999: Post Grad Diploma Health Psychology, LaTrobe University, Australia
- 1998: Bachelor Social Science, La Trobe University, Australia
Positions
- 2017- 2019: Senior Program and Policy Advisor, Screening, Early Detection and Immunisation Program, Cancer Council Victoria
- 2012-2017: Viral Hepatitis Program Coordinator, Priority Communities Team, Cancer Council Victoria
- 2012-2013: Quality Improvement Project Manager, Cystic Fibrosis Victoria
- 2007-2011: Programs Manager, Hepatitis Victoria
- 2005-2007: Education and Training, Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
Burnet publications
View 6 moreTechnology meets time: assessing the impact of clinical decision support tools for viral hepatitis in primary care (the HepLOGIC pilot and feasibility study)
BMC Family Practice
Nicole Allard et al
Time for tailored harm reduction focus on new initiates to injecting drug use
International Journal of Drug Policy
Daniel O’Keefe et al
It’s Your Right – implementation and outcomes of a co-designed national Australian hepatitis C health promotion campaign
International Journal of Drug Policy
Louisa Walsh et al
Current projects
Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia (EC Australia)
We're partnering to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030.
The Torch co-design and evaluation collaboration
We’re working closely with staff and artists at The Torch, a not-for-profit First Nations-led arts organisation, to improve program engagement and effectiveness.
Hepatitis B public health campaign
We are partnering with Hepatitis B Voices Australia to raise awareness about hepatitis B with culturally tailored messages and community‐led strategies for Chinese and Vietnamese communities.
Past projects
Responding to HIV risk among people new to injecting in Myanmar: report
We partnered with Médecins du Monde in Kachin, Myanmar to reduce HIV risk among people who are new to injecting drugs.
The Optimise Study: Optimising Isolation, Quarantine and Distancing for COVID-19
This project aims to find out how Victorians are experiencing COVID-19 and responding to the measures introduced to stop the spread of the virus.
CHINA-B study: Cancer information compared to Hepatitis B information to INcreAse hepatitis B testing in Melbourne’s Chinese community
This pilot and feasibility study aimed to increase hepatitis B testing in Melbourne’s Chinese community.