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Improving the health of vulnerable communities and changing lives is at the heart of what we do and who we are.
Our dynamic, interdisciplinary team uses modelling to guide effective and cost-effective responses infectious diseases and global health problems. We are at the forefront of modelling across numerous thematic areas, including:
Our methodological approaches are adapted to the data available and key policy questions being addressed, and includes a variety of:
Discover more about Burnet’s modelling work in Episode 7 of our How Science Matters podcast
Head, Modelling & Biostatistics
COVASIM: Modelling COVID-19
Decision science using Optima
HCV Elimination Modelling
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Hepatitis B Modelling
HMHB - Health Services for Postnatal and Infancy Care
Optima HIV Modelling
Optima Malaria Modelling
Optima Nutrition Modelling
Optima Tuberculosis (TB) Modelling
The Optimise Study: Optimising Isolation, Quarantine and Distancing for COVID-19
Aimée Altermatt
Research Assistant
Alexander Thomas
Health Economic Modeller
Anna Palmer
Honorary Associate
Doctor Anna Bowring
Senior Research Officer
Anna Roberts
Senior Project Manager
Chris Seaman
PhD Student/Research Assistant
Professor David Wilson
Head of Infectious Disease Modelling; Co-Head, Strategy Insights and Impact
Doctor Debra ten Brink
Senior Research Officer
Dominic Delport
Health modeller
Doctor Farah Houdroge
Research Officer, Modelling & Biostatistics
Fenella McAndrew
Mathematical Modeller
Jacob Cumming
Research Assistant
Doctor Katie Heath
Senior Research Officer
Kelvin Burke
Mathematical Modeller
Associate Professor Nick Scott
Head, Modelling & Biostatistics
Nisaa Wulan
Health Modeller
Phillip Luong
Mathematical Modeller
Doctor Rachel Sacks-Davis
Senior Research Officer
Doctor Romesh Abeysuriya
Senior Research Officer – Computational Epidemic Modelling
Doctor Rowan Martin-Hughes
Senior Research Officer
Doctor Sherrie Kelly
Honorary Staff Member
Doctor Tharindu Wickramaarachchi
Mathematical Modeller
Thomas Walsh
Health Modeller
Doctor Yinzong Xiao
Research Officer; Mathematical Modeller in Health
Malaria is a devastating parasitic disease that is becoming resistant to current medicines so new treatments need to be developed for future use.
Conducts innovative research aimed at understanding the transmission and prevention of HIV.
Examines the epidemiology and consequences of risk behaviours among young people.
Identifying risk factors for HIV acquisition in young South African women and developing strategies to reduce this risk.
To create and translate knowledge into better health, so no-one is left behind.
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VIC, 3004, Australia
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