Stephanie Curtis

Surveillance Officer / Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology) Scholar

Working groups

Alcohol and Other Drugs

stephanie.curtis@student.burnet.edu.au

Background

Steph is completing Australia's field epidemiology training program, the Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology), through the Australian National University, with a joint placement between Burnet Institute and Alfred Health. She has a background in research, community development and emergency response, and enjoys working with data with the aim of improving health outcomes.

Qualifications

2018: Master of Public Health (Health Economics and Economic Evaluation) - The University of Melbourne
2015: Bachelor of Arts (Global) - Monash University
2015: Diploma of Project Management - Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Awards

2020: Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology) Scholarship
2014: New Colombo Plan Scholarship

Positions

2020 - Present: Epidemiologist - the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
2019 - Present: Community Health and Harm Reduction Worker - the Salvation Army
2018-2020: Research Assistant - Alfred Health
2018: Research Assistant - Deakin University
2017-2018: Research Assistant - the University of Melbourne
2017: Intern - Pan American Health Organization, Washington D.C.

Burnet publications

01 Jan 2024

Priority populations’ experiences of isolation, quarantine and distancing for COVID-19: protocol for a longitudinal cohort study (Optimise Study)

BMJ Open

Alisa Pedrana, Anna L. Bowring, Katherine Heath, Alexander Thomas, Anna L. Wilkinson, Stephanie Fletcher, Freya Saich, Stephanie Munari, Aimée Altermatt, Thi Nguyen

01 Jan 2023