Dr. Phone has been Burnet Institute's Myanmar Country Representative since 2013. His expertise is in program management and managerial leadership in the public health and pharmaceutical sectors. His professional experience includes seven years as a program coordinator for Burnet Institute, and more than nine years in the product management and marketing departments of multinational pharmaceutical companies, namely GlaxoSmithKline and Les Laboratoires Servier.
Before joining the private sector, he worked for the Myanmar Ministry of Health in clinical and public health. In his role as Burnet's Country Representative, he manages numerous public health projects and research projects in HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C; in maternal, neonatal and child health; and in adolescent health.
Under a Humphrey Fellowship granted by the Institute of International Education on behalf of the U.S. Department of State, he studied at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration, Syracuse University, New York State, in 2011 and 2012. There, he completed a diploma of Leadership of International and Non-Government Organisations.
This project provide formative research to support the delivery of life-skills education and hygiene improvements through monastic schools in Magway, Myanmar.
The media is especially critical in a society undergoing change and reform as it becomes increasingly accessible and responsive to its citizens.
We are testing new ways to support young people’s mental health in Myanmar. Together, we’re designing and evaluating a model of community services and supports.
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.
ReBUILD for Resilience is an international consortium focused on examining health systems in fragile settings experiencing violence, conflict, pandemics and other shocks.
We partnered with the Monastic Education Development Group to build the capacity of the monastic school system in Myanmar to provide quality education and promote safe, healthy and child-friendly school environments.