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Stephanie Curtis

Surveillance Officer / Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology) Scholar

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stephanie.curtis@student.burnet.edu.au
Stephanie Curtis

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

Open access
01 Jan 2023

Prevalence and incidence of emergency department presentations and hospital separations with injecting-related infections in a longitudinal cohort of people who inject drugs

Epidemiology and Infection

Stephanie J. Curtis, Andrew J. Stewardson, Joseph Doyle, Peter Higgs, Lisa Maher, Matthew Hickman, Mark Stoové, Paul Dietze

Open access

Current projects

Injecting drug use in Melbourne: SuperMIX cohort study
Open to students

Injecting drug use in Melbourne: SuperMIX cohort study

The largest and longest-running active cohort study of people who inject drugs in Australia (since 2008).

Past projects

The Optimise Study: Optimising Isolation, Quarantine and Distancing for COVID-19

The Optimise Study: Optimising Isolation, Quarantine and Distancing for COVID-19

This project aims to find out how Victorians are experiencing COVID-19 and responding to the measures introduced to stop the spread of the virus.

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