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Stefanie is an epidemiologist currently working in Papua New Guinea. She has experience in managing outbreak responses, routine disease surveillance and disaster preparedness activities across the Asia-Pacific region.
She supported Australia’s COVID-19 response, joining NSW Health Public Health Response Branch during two outbreaks, and worked on the 2019 Pacific measles outbreak with the Fiji Centre for Disease Control.
Her PhD research was undertaken at the Kirby Institute, UNSW, where she investigated the implementation of and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill taken to prevent contracting HIV. Her research formed part of the submission to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to enable to the national subsidy of PrEP in Australia, reducing the price to the consumer from $1000/month to $40/month.
She continued to be involved in the rollout of PrEP in Australia through the EPIC-NSW study which led to a 25% reduction in HIV diagnoses in NSW.
Key research interests include: international public health, infectious disease epidemiology, and sexual and reproductive health.
Publications – View Google Scholar
Rapid and accurate diagnosis of TB: New trial in PNG
Reaching zero-dose and under-immunised children in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
RID-TB Patient Education and Counselling
RID-TB: Reducing the Impact of Drug-Resistant TB in Western Province, PNG
To create and translate knowledge into better health, so no-one is left behind.
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