Public Health
Coordinator:
To be confirmed.
The environments in which we live immediately impact on our health. The Public Health stream is designed to ensure the creation and maintenance of environments that promote good public health. By collaborating with other disciplines and sectors, we work to identify and manage environmental health problems.
Study in this field will provide you with the tools used in environmental health practice, and by public health practitioners. These include surveillance, monitoring, observation, analysis, and selected techniques in biostatistics, epidemiology and health economics.
Other skills we develop are more specific to environmental health or environmental studies, such as environmental, social and health impact assessment and qualitative and quantitative risk analysis.
This Stream is a specialist companion program to the Master of Public Health, run at Melbourne and at many other institutions. Students benefit from Melbourne's strong health sciences programs.
By studying in this area, you might expect to find employment in the health industry; government agencies, within the environmental and health sectors; consulting companies, and development agencies.
Public Health stream details
Students are required to complete the subjects:
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Semester | Lecturer | Extra Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505-966 | Environmental Health Services Evaluation | 2 (Distance) | Helen Jordan | Replaced in 2010 with Epidemiology & Analytic Methods 2 |
| 505-969 | Epidemiology and analytical Methods 1 | 1 | Prof Dallas English | |
| 505-970 | Epidemiology and analytical Methods 2 | 1 | Dr Julie Anne Simpson | |
| 950-600 | Trans-disciplinary thinking and learning | 2 | Dr Simon Batterbury | |
| 950-601 | Sustainability, Policy and Management | 1(Int) | Dr Simon Batterbury |
and select electives to make up the balance of the award. The recommended list of electives includes:
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Semester | Lecturer | Extra Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121-529 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | 2 | A/Prof Simon Batterbury | |
| 121-532 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 1 | A/Prof Barbara Downes | |
| 121-537 | Heritage and Cultural Environments | 2 | Dr Lisa Palmer | |
| 421-523 | Occupational Health and Safety Basics | 1, 2 | Dr Graham Moore | Not offered in 2010. |
| 421-640 | Water Supply and Waste Water Management | A/Prof Hector Malano | Not offered in 2010. | |
| 421-681 | Management for the Environment | 2(Int) | Dr Graham Moore | Not running after 2009 |
| 505-500 | Health Ethics and Society | 1(Int) | Assoc Prof Marilys Guillemin and Dr Lynn Gillam | Replaced in 2010 by 505997 Ethical Dimensions of Health Care |
| 505-502 | Culture Health and Illness | 1 | Dr Hans A. Baer | Replaced in 2010 by 505992 Key Concepts in Medical Anthropology which combines 505-502 and 505-503 Key Perspectives in Medical Anthropology |
| 505-520 | Database Systems in Epidemiological Studies | 1 | Dr Gillian Sue Dite | Not offered in GEP from 2010. |
| 505-525 | Women and Global Health | 2 | Jane Rosamond W Fisher | |
| 505-535 / 505-435 | Aboriginal Health: Past to Present | 1 | Shaun Ewen | |
| 505-539 | Living Longer - Global Perspectives | 1 | Prof Janet McCalman | |
| 505-900 | International Child Health | 2(Int) | Dr Alison Morgan | Subject Quota: 35 |
| 505-904 | Health Program Evaluation 2 | 2 | Ms Rosemary Mckenzie | |
| 505-908 | Health Economics 1 | 1 | Dr Arthur Hsueh | |
| 505-909 | Economic Evaluation 2 | 2 | Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, School of Population Health | |
| 505-929 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | 1 | TBC | |
| 505-963 | Primary Health Care | S (Int) and 2 (Int) | Dr Alison Morgan | Field Class to Jamkhed, India. Applications required by June |
| 505-971 | Linear and Logistic Regression | 2 | Dr Julie Anne Simpson | |
| 505-972 | Survival Analysis and Regression for Rates | 2 | Prof Dallas English | |
| 505-973 | Study Designs in Epidemiology | 1(Int) | Shyamali Dharmage | |
| 600-604 / 950-603 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 1, 2 int | Dr Terry Walsh | Also taught as a semester 2 intensive as 950-603 |
| 610-680 | Environmental Chemistry | 2 | Dr Spas Kolev | |
| 730-683 | Environmental Law | 1(Int) | Associate Prof Jacqueline Peel | We are waiting for more information about this subject. |
These subjects are available in the 2009 academic year, unless otherwise stated. Students may take other electives subject to the approval of the stream coordinator.
Students may apply to undertake a research project as part of a course of study. This requires good academic performance and the approval of the stream coordinator.
Committee:
Dr Alison Morgan (AIHI)
Dr Ruth Beilin (MSLE)