Background
Win Htike is a PhD student at Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Australia and a Senior Program Manager at Burnet Institute Myanmar, responsible for the management of day-to-day operations of research projects in Myanmar and other countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). He is also a research assistant within the Malaria and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Group at the Burnet Institute. Win Htike is involved in the design and implementation of several large-scale projects, including the evaluation of a mobile phone based application for malaria case reporting in Myanmar, evaluation of an optimal community-delivered malaria elimination model for the GMS, evaluation of personal protection packages for reducing residual malaria transmission in forest-going mobile and migrant populations in the GMS, and evaluation of reactive surveillance and response strategies in malaria elimination programmes in the GMS.
Qualifications
- 2013: Master of Public Health (MPH), BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 2010: MBBS, University of Medicine 2, Yangon, Myanmar
Appointments
- 2019-ongoing: Research Fellow, ACREME
- 2010-ongoing: Registered medical doctor in Myanmar
Positions
- 2022-ongoing: PhD student, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Deakin University
- 2022-ongoing: Senior Program Manager (Health Security & Malaria), Myanmar
- 2019-ongoing: Research Assistant, Malaria and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
- 2021-2022: Program Manager (Malaria), Myanmar
- 2019-2020: Project Manager (Malaria), Myanmar
- 2014-2019: National Professional Officer, WHO Myanmar
- 2013-2014: Field Project Coordinator, WHO Myanmar
- 2011-2012: Health Services Officer, PSI Myanmar
- 2010-2022: Franchising Officer, PSI Myanmar
Awards
- 2022, Deakin University, PhD scholarship
- 2021, Burnet Institute, Crofts publication award for co-best public health publication (part of the team)
- 2020, ACREME Travel Award
- 2013, BRAC University Best Thesis Poster Award