Shan Huang
Global Health Specialist
Working groups
Background
Shan is a Public Health Practitioner specialising in Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition. Prior to joining Burnet, Shan worked and lived overseas, predominantly in the Asia Pacific region including Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao, and PNG. Program management, planning, implementation and formative research has been the main focus of her work.
Shan and her team piloted the first mobile health (mHealth) application on newborn health in rural Cambodia which sent life-saving voice messages about care-seeking behaviour directly to mothers and caregivers of neonates. This won the Gold Medal at the ASEAN ICT Awards in 2015.
Qualifications
- 2011: Master of Public Health (Monash)
- 2006: Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Monash)
Positions
- Nutrition Consultant – UNICEF EAPRO, Lao PDR and PNG
- Nutrition Advisor – Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, ChildFund (Cambodia)
- Health Program Manager – People in Need (Cambodia)
- International Nutritionist – FAO (Cambodia)
- Nutrition Officer – Ministry of Health (Nepal)
Awards
- 2024: National Travel Fellowship
Burnet publications
View 5 moreIvermectin therapy for young children with scabies infection: a multicentre phase 2 non-randomized trial
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Amanda Gwee et al
Reliability of anthropometric measurements of a digi‐board in comparison to an analog height board in Namibian children under 5 years
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Johanna Namene et al
Use of digital technologies for staff education and training programmes on newborn resuscitation and complication management: a scoping review
BMJ Paediatrics Open
Sayaka Horiuchi et al
Current projects
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB)
A collaborative research program aimed at providing life-saving health care for women and children in Papua New Guinea.
Grow Healthy, Grow Strong
We're working together to improve rates of under nutrition and stunting of children in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Papua New Guinea
By 2050, antimicrobial resistant bacteria (AMR) could cause 10 million deaths annually. Our collaborative project supports Papua New Guinea’s domestic AMR response.
Past projects
SRHIP: Sexual & Reproductive Health Integration Project
This project is uniquely positioned to enhance the delivery of HIV and sexual and reproductive health services and outcomes.
Integrated solutions for healthy birth, growth, and development in Lao PDR
This research illustrates how we pursue evidence to translate into effective public health policy and practice.
