Background

Stephanie completed her Bachelor of Science at The University of Western Australia in 2014 and moved to Melbourne in 2015.

She then went on to complete an Honours project at The Burnet within the Malaria Immunity, Vaccines and New Therapies group and the Malaria and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group.

Her thesis examined anti-malarial immunity to a severe antigen of P. falciparum and how the changing landscape of malaria control is affecting this immunity in PNG children.

Stephanie graduated with 1st Class Honours from The University of Melbourne and is currently studying a Master of Public Health at Deakin University.

Stephanie is currently working as a Health Security project officer focusing on strengthening health systems across the Asia-Pacific and reducing the impact of drug-resistant TB in Western Province, PNG.

Positions

• 2017: Health Security Project Officer

Qualifications

• 2017 (ongoing) Master of Public Health, Deakin University
• 2016 Bachelor of Science (Hons), The University of Melbourne
• 2014 Bachelor of Science, The University of Western Australia

Awards

• 2016 1st Class Honours (University of Melbourne)

Projects (3)

Current (3)

• Building a Centre of Excellence for Research and Training for DR-TB in Daru, Papua New Guinea
  Building operational research capacity for TB in PNG through training, mentorship and research.
• Major advances in understanding malaria immunity and biology
  Identifying key targets of immunity, the mechanisms mediating immunity, and how it is acquired.
• RID-TB: Reducing the Impact of Drug-Resistant TB in Western Province, PNG
  The project supports an effective provincial program to reduce the impact of TB in Daru.

News Articles (4)

2018 (2)

• Addressing TB in Indonesia
• TB elimination course for Indonesian health workers

2017 (2)

• New training for PNG TB response
• New frontiers for TB specialist