April Holmes
Project Manager
Working groups
Background
April joined Burnet Institute in October 2020 as Project Officer in the Tuberculosis Elimination and Implementation Science Working Group, supporting a number of projects in Papua New Guinea.
Prior to joining Burnet, April worked with the Leprosy Mission Australia to coordinate projects encompassing neglected tropical disease control, community-led health promotion, and rights of people with disabilities.
She has supported projects and partnerships in the NGO and social enterprise sectors for over five years, working mainly across Timor-Leste, Nepal and India.
Qualifications
- 2021: Graduate Certificate of Evaluation, University of Melbourne
- 2017: Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) with First Class Honours, Monash University
Past projects
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IndoPacLab
We aim to strengthen accurate, timely and scalable testing of COVID-19, HIV, TB and malaria.
SORT-IT PNG
We facilitated Papua New Guinea's second Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative course with nine senior healthcare professionals from six provinces.
The EZARET Study: Exploring Zoonotic Association and Risks for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea
This project explores zoonotic tuberculosis—tuberculosis that occurs in animals and is transmitted to humans
